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. Perry was an officer
with the 28th Texas Cavalry, a unit that campaigned in Arkansas and
Louisiana as part of the division known as aWalkeras Greyhounds.a
His letters describe his service in a highly literate style that is
unusual for Confederate accounts. He documents a number of
important events, including his experiences as a detached officer
in Arkansas in the winter of 1862a63, the attempt to relieve the
siege of Vicksburg, mutiny in his regiment, and the Red River
campaign, just before he was killed in the battle of Pleasant Hill.
Harrietas 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 childrearing alone, and
coping with other challenges resulting from her husbandas
absence.
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