Heartsick and Astonished : Divorce in Civil War-Era West Virginia /

"Heartsick and Astonished features twenty-seven divorce cases from mid-nineteenth century America. More than dry legal documents, these cases provide a captivating window into marital life--and strife--in the border South during the tumultuous years before, during, and after the Civil War. Alli...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Fredette, Allison Dorothy (Editor)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2023]
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Sex role > Public opinion.
Marriage > Public opinion.
Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.)
Divorce suits.
Sex role > West Virginia > Ohio County > Public opinion.
Marriage > West Virginia > Ohio County > Public opinion.
Divorce suits > West Virginia > Wheeling > Cases.
Divorce suits > West Virginia > Ohio County > Cases.
Divorce suits > West Virginia > Ohio County > History > 19th century.
West Virginia > Wheeling.
West Virginia > Ohio County.
United States.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Influence.
Trial and arbitral proceedings.
Trials, litigation, etc.
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Humbly complaining
  • Adultery: her skin should never touch his
  • Abandonment: I would not give up my wife for the world
  • Cruelty: encouraging the disobedience of his wife
  • Jail: imprisoned for criminal offense
  • Wartime cases: Catharine shall not marry her said paramour
  • Adultery: since his discharge, she has been living a lewd and adulterous life
  • Abandonment: she had never lived happier in her life
  • Cruelty: how far in the streets could he be heard?
  • Appendix A, the Code of Virginia, 1849
  • Appendix B, the Code of West Virginia, 1870.

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