Whartons' War
Whartons' War Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects, these educated and…
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Whartons' War
Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects, these educated and articulate Confederates wrote frankly and perceptively on their Civil War world. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton wrote 524 letters, and all survived, unknown until now.
Sharing opinions on generals and politicians, the course of the war, the fate of the Confederacy, life at home, and their wavering loyalties, the Whartons explored the shifting gender roles brought on by war, changing relations between slave owners and enslaved people, the challenges of life behind Confederate lines, the pain of familial loss, the definitions of duty and honor, and more.Featuring one of the fullest known sets of correspondence by a high-level officer and his wife, this volume reveals the Whartons' wartime experience