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Lincoln's Generals' Wives : Four Women Who Influenced the Civil War--for Better and for Worse.
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Ashland :
Kent State University Press,
2016.
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| Colección: | Civil War in the North.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intro; Halftitle Page; Title PAge; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Notes to Readers; Introduction; Part One: Friendly Fire: Jessie Benton Frémont; Part Two: Self-Inflicted Wounds: Mary Ellen Marcy McClellan; Part Three: True Faith and Allegiance: Eleanor Ewing Sherman; Part Four: Center of Gravity: Julia Dent Grant; Conclusion: "The woman who is known only through a man is known wrong"; Acknowledgments; Notes; Bibliography; Index; Chapter 1: "the place a son would have had"; Chapter 2: "Be sure you're right and then go ahead"; Chapter 3: "Frémont and Our Jessie."
- Chapter 4: "quite a female politician"Chapter 5: "It is your Lerida"; Chapter 6: "There is a time to do and a time to stand aside"; Chapter 7: "you are fond of attention and gaiety"; Chapter 8: "Flora McFlimsey"; Chapter 9: "don't send any politicians out here"; Chapter 10: "you have quite enough else to attend to"; Chapter 11: "I almost wish ... they would displace you"; Chapter 12: "how the mighty are fallen"; Chapter 13: "It is high or low tide with us ever"; Chapter 14: "You will never be happy in this world unless you go into the Army again."
- Chapter 15: "releive my husband from the suspicions now resting on him"Chapter 16: "I have never dared to murmer at God's decree"; Chapter 17: "for the privilege of whipping negro wenches"; Chapter 18: "the Government requires sacrifices from wives"; Chapter 19: "my opinion of you is unaltered"; Chapter 20: "No greater glory than to fill a patriot's grave"; Chapter 21: "sunshine"; Chapter 22: "this, to me, most delicate subject"; Chapter 23: "how forsaken I feel here!"; Chapter 24: "Is this my destiny?"; Chapter 25: "secesh wives with their own little slaves."
- Chapter 26: "Do stop digging at this old canal"Chapter 27: Lieutenant General's Wife; Chapter 28: "I did not want to go to the theater"; Chapter 29: "the sunlight of his loyal love."