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050 00 $aE580.6 28th$b.P47 2000
082 00 $a973.7/82/0922$aB$221
100 1 $aPerry, Theophilus,$d1833-1864.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00025573
245 10 $aWidows by the thousand :$bthe Civil War correspondence of Theophilus and Harriet Perry, 1862-1864 /$cedited by M. Jane Johansson.
260 $aFayetteville :$bUniversity of Arkansas Press,$c2000.
300 $axxiv, 333 pages :$billustrations, maps ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aThe Civil War in the West
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [305]-311) and index.
520 1 $a"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. Theophilus Perry war 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." Letters from Theophilus Perry describe his service in a highly literate style that is unusual for Confederate accounts.
520 8 $aHe documents a number of important events, including his experiences as a detached officer in Arkansas in the winter of 1862-1863, the attempt to relieve the siege of Vicksburg in the summer of 1863, mutiny in his regiment, and the Red River campaign up to early April 1864, just before he was mortally wounded in the battle of Pleasant Hill.
520 8 $aConversely, Harriet Perry'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 child-rearing alone, and coping with other challenges resulting from her husband's absence."--BOOK JACKET.
600 10 $aPerry, Theophilus,$d1833-1864$vCorrespondence.
610 10 $aConfederate States of America.$bArmy.$bTexas Cavalry Regiment, 28th$vPeriodicals.
651 0 $aTexas$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives.
651 0 $aArkansas$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives.
651 0 $aLouisiana$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives.
650 0 $aSoldiers$zTexas$vCorrespondence.
600 10 $aPerry, Harriet,$d1836-1885$vCorrespondence.
650 0 $aMarried people$zTexas$vCorrespondence.
651 0 $aUnited States$xHistory$yCivil War, 1861-1865$vPersonal narratives, Confederate.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
651 0 $aMarshall (Tex.)$vBiography.
700 1 $aPerry, Harriet,$d1836-1885.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n00025574
700 1 $aJohansson, M. Jane,$d1963-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98004023
830 0 $aCivil War in the West.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n99259430
852 00 $bglx$hE580.6 28th$i.P47 2000