An east Texas family's Civil War : the letters of Nancy & William Whatley, May-December 1862 / edited by John T. Whatley ; foreword by Jacqueline Jones.

"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 i...

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Other Authors: Whatley, John T., 1933- (Editor), Jones, Jacqueline, 1948- (writer of foreword.)
Language:English
Published: Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
Series:Library of Southern civilization.
Subjects:
Whatley, Nancy, > 1837-1862 > Correspondence.
Whatley, William, > 1831-1866 > Correspondence.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives.
Texas > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Social aspects.
Army spouses > Texas > Correspondence.
Soldiers > Texas > Correspondence.
Army spouses.
Social aspects.
Soldiers.
Texas.
United States.
1861-1865
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives > Confederate.
Records and correspondence.
Genre:
Correspondence.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives, Confederate.
History.
Personal narratives
Records and correspondence.
Confederate.
Physical Description:xlviii, 150 pages ; 23 cm.
Format: Book

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Call Number: E605 .E24 2019
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