Carol K. (Hrsg.) Bleser

Intimate Strategies of the Civil War: Military Commanders and Their Wives

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Carol K. Bleser and Lesley J. Gordon assemble an impressive array of leading scholars to explore the marriages of six Confederate and six Union commanders. Contributors reveal that, for many of these men, the matrimonial bond was the most important relationship in their lives, one that shaped (and was shaped by) their military experience. In some cases, the commanders' spouses proved relentless and skillful promoters of their husbands' careers. Jessie Frémontdrew on all of her connections as the daughter of former Senator Thomas Hart Benton to aid her modestly talented husband John. Others bolstered their military spouses in less direct ways. Mehr

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Weitere Autoren: Gordon, Lesley J. (Hrsg.)

ISBN: 978-0-19-533085-4
EAN: 9780195330854
Produktnummer: 22674186
Verlag: OXFORD UNIV PR
Sprache: Englisch
Erscheinungsjahr: 2007
Seitenangabe: 320 S.
Masse: H23.3 cm x B16.8 cm x D2.2 cm 481 g
Gewicht: 481

Über den Autor

Carol K. Bleser is Kathryn and Calhoun Lemon Distinguished Professor of History Emerita at Clemson University and former president of the Southern Historical Association and the Southern Association of Women Historians. Her books include The Hammonds of Redcliffe, Tokens of Affection, Secret and Sacred, and In Joy and In Sorrow. Lesley J. Gordon is Associate Professor of History at the University of Akron, and isthe author of General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend.