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First Lady of the Confederacy: Varina Davis’s Civil War

By Joan E. Cashin

Book information

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Year
2009
ISBN
9780674262560
DOI
10.4159/9780674262560
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
4 MB (4047589 bytes)
Pages
416\417
Library
degruyter.com
Time added
2023-08-22 09:55:18

Description

When Jefferson Davis became president of the Confederacy, his wife Varina reluctantly became the First Lady. Pro-slavery but also pro-Union, Varina Davis was inhibited by her role as Confederate First Lady and unable to reveal her true convictions. Cashin offers a portrait of a fascinating woman struggling with the constraints of time and place.

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