Virginia J Laas
Biographic Data
| ID | 5880993 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Virginia J Laas |
| GIVEN NAMES | Virginia J |
| FAMILY NAME | Laas |
| SIGNATURE | LAAS V J |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 15 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 0 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 15 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1986 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2004 |
| H-INDEX | 0 |
Blood and Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
Love amid the Turmoil: The Civil War Letters of William and Mary Vermilion
They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War
The Websters: Letters of an American Army Family in Peace and War, 1836-1853
The Websters: Letters of an American Army Family in Peace and War, 1836-1853. Edited by Van R. Baker. (Kent: The Kent State University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 327. Illustrations. $45.00.) Lucien and Frances Webster are not related to the Websters of grammar book and dictionary fame, but they are fascinating people. They belong to the old army, those trained at West Point and sent to various hot spots around that nation in the second quarter of the …
General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend
A soldier, his widow, and their story; The man who gave his name to the greatest failed frontal attack in American military history, George E. Pickett is among the most famous Confederate generals of the Civil War. But even today he remains imperfectly understood, a figure shrouded in Lost Cause mythology. In this carefully researched biography, Lesley Gordon moves beyond earlier studies of Pickett. By investigating how Pickett's wife LaSalle, wh…
A Heritage of Woe: The Civil War Diary of Grace Brown Elmore, 1861-1868
This diary chronicles the defining years in the life of Grace Brown Elmore, one of eight children in a wealthy and influential Columbia family. Begun just five months into the civil war, when Elmore was 22, it is a rich personal account of a society in the midst of chaotic change
Our Common Affairs: Texts from Women in the Old South
Incorporates 125 documents that explore the lives of women in their own words. Cashin has selected excerpts from letters, diaries, wills, recipe books and advice literature and drawn from sources in every Southern state. Her subjects include the wives of planters, merchants, professionals, artisans and yeoman farmers. Organized into six topical chapters - family life, friendship, work, race relations and the secession crisis - these writings illu…
Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865
The Civil War Diary of Clara Solomon: Growing Up in New Orleans, 1861-1862
From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
How Am I to Be Heard: Letters of Lillian Smith
The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont
The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries
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The Private Mary Chesnut: The Unpublished Civil War Diaries
Mary Todd Lincoln: A Biography
The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan
How Am I to Be Heard: Letters of Lillian Smith
The Letters of Jessie Benton Fremont
From Cape Charles to Cape Fear: The North Atlantic Blockading Squadron during the Civil War
Black Flag: Guerrilla Warfare on the Western Border, 1861-1865
The Civil War Diary of Clara Solomon: Growing Up in New Orleans, 1861-1862
Our Common Affairs: Texts from Women in the Old South
Incorporates 125 documents that explore the lives of women in their own words. Cashin has selected excerpts from letters, diaries, wills, recipe books and advice literature and drawn from sources in every Southern state. Her subjects include the wives of planters, merchants, professionals, artisans and yeoman farmers. Organized into six topical chapters - family life, friendship, work, race relations and the secession crisis - these writings illu…
A Heritage of Woe: The Civil War Diary of Grace Brown Elmore, 1861-1868
This diary chronicles the defining years in the life of Grace Brown Elmore, one of eight children in a wealthy and influential Columbia family. Begun just five months into the civil war, when Elmore was 22, it is a rich personal account of a society in the midst of chaotic change
General George E. Pickett in Life and Legend
A soldier, his widow, and their story; The man who gave his name to the greatest failed frontal attack in American military history, George E. Pickett is among the most famous Confederate generals of the Civil War. But even today he remains imperfectly understood, a figure shrouded in Lost Cause mythology. In this carefully researched biography, Lesley Gordon moves beyond earlier studies of Pickett. By investigating how Pickett's wife LaSalle, wh…
The Websters: Letters of an American Army Family in Peace and War, 1836-1853
The Websters: Letters of an American Army Family in Peace and War, 1836-1853. Edited by Van R. Baker. (Kent: The Kent State University Press, 2000. Pp. xiv, 327. Illustrations. $45.00.) Lucien and Frances Webster are not related to the Websters of grammar book and dictionary fame, but they are fascinating people. They belong to the old army, those trained at West Point and sent to various hot spots around that nation in the second quarter of the …
Blood and Irony: Southern White Women's Narratives of the Civil War, 1861-1937
Love amid the Turmoil: The Civil War Letters of William and Mary Vermilion
They Fought Like Demons: Women Soldiers in the American Civil War
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