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Till Death Do Us Part - The Letters of Emory and Emily Upton, 1868-1870 (Paperback)
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Till Death Do Us Part - The Letters of Emory and Emily Upton, 1868-1870 (Paperback)
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Major General Emory Upton (1839-1881) served in all three branches
of the U.S. military during the American Civil War. Lauded as a war
hero, he later earned acclaim for his influence on military
reforms, which lasted well beyond his lifetime. An account of
Upton's life is not complete, however, without a look into his
brief, yet passionate, marriage to Emily Norwood Martin
(1846-1870). This edition of Emory and Emily's letters unveils the
private life of a brilliant Civil War personality. It also
introduces readers to the devout young woman who earned the
general's fanatic devotion before her untimely death from
tuberculosis. Until now, only a few of the couple's intimate
letters have been published. During the years he spent editing and
publishing Emory Upton's correspondence, Salvatore G. Cilella Jr.
deliberately set aside the general's voluminous letters to his
wife. Unfortunately, as Cilella explains in his editorial notes,
Emily's letters to Emory did not survive, but he was able to draw
on the rich trove of letters Emily wrote to her mother and father
while on her honeymoon and during her stays in Key West, Nassau,
and Atlanta. Together, both sets of letters form a poignant
narrative of the general's tender love for his new wife and her
reciprocal affection as they attempted to create a normal life
together despite her declining health. The life of an army wife
could be grueling, and despite her declining health, Emily longed
to perform the role expected of her. It was not meant to be.
Unwittingly, she and Emory chose the worst places for her to
recover - Key West and Nassau - where the high humidity and heat
must have exacerbated her difficulty breathing. She died in Nassau,
far away from her husband. Eleven years later, racked by a sinus
tumor and likely still grieving from his lost love, Upton committed
suicide at the age of forty-one. Till Death Do Us Part offers a
powerful - and poignant - tale of two star-crossed lovers against
the backdrop of post-Civil War America. In addition, the volume
gives readers a fascinating glimpse into gender roles and marital
relations in the nineteenth century.
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