My Love For You Is My Ruling Passion': Letters Capture Wartime Struggles Of Young Texas Couple

Authors

Judith E. Harper

ISBN

1557286213

Publication Date

2000-10-01

Publisher

University of Arkansas Press

Abstract

In May 1862, Theophilus Perry, an attorney in Marshall, Texas, reluctantly left his wife and baby daughter to enlist as an officer in the 28th Texas Cavalry. For the next two years, the Perrys endured a relentless string of tragedies. Not long after the death of their daughter in 1863, Harriet recei....

DOI

10.31390/cwbr.3.2.22

Recommended Citation

Harper, Judith E. (2001) "My Love For You Is My Ruling Passion': Letters Capture Wartime Struggles Of Young Texas Couple," Civil War Book Review: Vol. 3 : Iss. 2 .
DOI: 10.31390/cwbr.3.2.22
Available at: https://repository.lsu.edu/cwbr/vol3/iss2/22