Widows by the Thousand: The Civil War Correspondence of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864

Theophilus Perry,Harriet Perry

Widows by the Thousand: The Civil War Correspondence of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864
Format
Paperback
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Country
United States
Published
15 March 2007
Pages
358
ISBN
9781557288417

Widows by the Thousand: The Civil War Correspondence of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864

Theophilus Perry,Harriet Perry

This collection of letters written between Theophilus and Harriet Perry during the Civil War provides an intimate, firsthand account of the effect of the war on one young couple. Perry was an officer with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and Louisiana as part of the division known as
Walker’s Greyhounds.
His letters describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of important events, including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862-63, the attempt to relieve the siege of Vicksburg, mutiny in his regiment, and the Red River campaign, just before he was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill. Harriet’s writings allow the reader to witness the everyday life of an upper-class woman enduring home front deprivations, facing the hardships and fears of childbearing and childrearing alone, and coping with other challenges resulting from her husband’s absence.

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