{"product_id":"letters-from-lees-army-susan-leigh-blackford-9780803261495","title":"Letters from Lee's Army","description":"Charles Minor Blackford was a Virginia aristocrat who fought for the Confederacy as much out of obligation to his class and region as for political reasons. \u003ci\u003eLetters from Lee's Army\u003c\/i\u003e presents the correspondence between Captain Blackford and his wife, Susan Leigh Blackford, during the war. While Captain Blackford writes of the rigors of campaigning--the dramatically bad food, the constant dysentery, the cold and wet--we see the stoic Susan Blackford gradually relying less and less on her husband to make decisions. During the course of the war Susan Blackford lost her home, three children, and her belongings to the struggle, all without the camaraderie and sustaining sense of purpose known to the soldier. These letters emphasize the stresses that war and separation can place on a marriage. \u003cp\u003eBlackford enlisted in the Second Virginia Cavalry at the outset of the war and in 1863 was posted to Longstreet's Corps. Most of his service was in northern Virginia around the Rappahannock and the Rapidan Rivers, in the Shenandoah Valley, and with Lee's army at Gettysburg. In 1864 Blackford went west with Longstreet's army to Chattanooga, and he returned with Longstreet for the war's final days.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Susan Leigh Blackford\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0803261497\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780803261495\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Nebraska Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/01\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 312\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.77lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.03h x 5.32w x 0.73d","brand":"Susan Leigh Blackford","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44059751481599,"sku":"9780803261495","price":18.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1cc30119-2c98-4bbc-b434-901f3dfd2e7a.jpg?v=1685060117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/letters-from-lees-army-susan-leigh-blackford-9780803261495","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}