General's wives

[NH Civil War Gal]

Doesn't have to be the BIG generals, but how much do you think the wives of generals - north or south - helped by just being there? I didn't realize until really getting into the CW history a couple of years ago, that at least the top officers could have their wives in camp. And I haven't seen any studies on this - certainly doesn't mean they aren't out there, but I haven't come across anything that deals with the influence of women on the leaders of the war.

I know Longstreet didn't see his wife for 2 years and Lee had months where he didn't see his (and I know she was very crippled up with arthritis), but what about all the others?

 

[wausaubob]

Julia Grant.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

There's book on them, released not many years ago? And some threads here- but it's such a wide range that it's tough to cover. The thing is, so many get attention as " Mrs. General Lee " for instance, you miss the woman?

Hang on! I'll try to dig up some threads. A lot of them spent a good amount of time following their husbands through those years- and risking capture toboot.

 

[JPK Huson 1863]

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/they-also-served-wives-of-civil-war-generals.90010/#post-721653
" They Also Served, Wives Of Civil War Generals "

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-real-camp-followers-officers-wives.121716/#post-1279431

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/generals-wives-martha-head-price.91579/#post-744777

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/generals-wives-the-request-please.91338/#post-740585

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/generals-wives-mary-anna-custis-lee.89957/#post-720979

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/lincolns-generals-wives.122448/#post-1291239

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/general-john-c-robinson-and-wife.126123/#post-1366708

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/maria-louisa-garland-longstreets-wife-in-1870.102410/#post-919930

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/al...ret-frances-mccown-morgan.102419/#post-920002

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/th...organ-martha-mattie-ready.102415/#post-919944

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/la...ife-of-gen-george-pickett.102413/#post-919935

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/anna-marie-hennen-wife-of-gen-hood.102406/#post-921476

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/sarah-caroline-bell-wife-of-gen-stand-watie.102414/#post-919929

https://civilwartalk.com/threads/el...of-albert-sydney-johnston.102407/#post-919983


Must quit here! I know there are more, if I had time at the moment to use more search words. Have to say Mary Custis Lee is a favorite of mine anyway- she's fairly overlooked and tends to be portrayed as some dried up old stick of a woman, poor Lee. Her real story is crazy good and she was astonishing.