An East Texas Family's Civil War : The Letters of Nancy and William Whatley, May-December 1862 /

"During six months in 1862, William Jefferson Whatley and his wife, Nancy Falkaday Watkins Whatley, exchanged a series of letters that demonstrate vividly the quickly changing roles for women whose husbands left home to participate in the Civil War. The Whatleys were slave owners who owned a ra...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Jones, Jacqueline, 1948- (writer of foreword.), Whatley, John T., 1933- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Whatley, William, > 1831-1866 > Correspondence.
Whatley, Nancy, > 1837-1862 > Correspondence.
Soldiers.
Social aspects.
Army spouses.
Militaires > Conjoints > Texas > Correspondance.
Soldiers > Texas > Correspondence.
Army spouses > Texas > Correspondence.
United States.
Texas.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Aspect social.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Secession) > Recits personnels des confederes.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Recits personnels.
Correspondance privee.
Personal narratives.
Personal correspondence.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
History.
Personal Narrative
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:"During six months in 1862, William Jefferson Whatley and his wife, Nancy Falkaday Watkins Whatley, exchanged a series of letters that demonstrate vividly the quickly changing roles for women whose husbands left home to participate in the Civil War. The Whatleys were slave owners who owned a ranch in east Texas, near the village of Caledonia in Rusk County. William Whatley enlisted with the Confederate Army in 1862, leaving his wife Nancy in charge of their cotton farm and enslaved workers"--
Descripción Física:1 online resource (201 pages).
ISBN:9780807171318

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