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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.
- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Library of Southern civilization
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Whatley, Nancy, 1837-1862--Correspondence.
- Whatley, Nancy.
- Whatley, William, 1831-1866--Correspondence.
- Whatley, William.
- Soldiers.
- Army spouses.
- History.
- Social aspects.
- Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives.
- Texas.
- Texas--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives, Confederate.
- United States.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Social aspects.
- Army spouses--Texas--Correspondence.
- Soldiers--Texas--Correspondence.
- Genre:
- Personal narratives -- Confederate.
- History.
- Personal narratives.
- Records and correspondence.
- Correspondence.
- Personal correspondence.
- Physical Description:
- xlviii, 150 pages ; 23 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Baton Rouge : Louisiana State University Press, [2019]
- Summary:
- "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"-- Provided by publisher.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 137-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780807170694
- 0807170690
- OCLC:
- 1065736601
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