JPK Huson 1863
Brev. Brig. Gen'l
- Joined
- Feb 14, 2012
- Location
- Central Pennsylvania
Probably City Point, judging by the quarters, three couples enjoy time together- rare enough during the war to warrant the smiles.
So how many of us could look like this, considering there was no electricity, no ' modern ' transportation, no running hot/cold/ water- nothing? I've gotten on a plane for 2 hours, at destination unrecognizable. Then you run a gauntlet of folks waiting for passengers ? Our wives of the war North and South were under Victorian scrutiny heel to toe. Under conditions recognizable to any self respecting Pilgrim they left no hair untrimmed nor muff behind.
These women, yes, officers wives and certainly so much more privileged then most, still- had to be awful for them. Some traveled to be with their husbands sporadically, some managed to stay near them for months. All of it was exhausting, tense and frequently frightening.
From LoC and National Archives, mostly nameless women share camp life, preferring it to waiting for sporadic word alone and in dread in some far away home once shared by the couple, like so many, many throughout those awful years.
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