A Civil War Captain And His Lady by Gene Barr
A True Story of Love, Courtship, and Combat
A narrative drawn from a cache of wartime letters between a young Union infantry captain and the woman he courts, it traces their evolving relationship alongside his service in the Western Theater, illuminating both battlefield realities and the rhythms of life at home. Their candid correspondence captures fear, longing, jealousy, humor, and steadfast devotion, while revealing the social codes of mid-19th-century courtship and the daily trials of soldiering, ultimately offering an intimate portrait of love and duty enduring through the nation’s most devastating conflict.
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- Published
- 2014
- Nationality
- American
- Length
- Moderate
- Pages
- 400-450 pages
- Original Language
- English
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