The Whartons' War The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton, 1863–1865 (William C. Davis, Sue Heth Bell - DLM) wert one of Early's brigades under

one of Early's brigades under John Gordon occupied Gettysburg and spilled the first blood there days before the bloodiest battle ever fought on American soil began on July 1

a stray Confederate sniper’s bullet

affected soldiers and were in turn affected by them

became part of a wagon train that has come down through history for its challenging and exhausting attempt to save General Robert E

and suffered themselves on this great battlefield of the war

The Whartons' War The Civil War Correspondence of General Gabriel C. Wharton & Anne Radford Wharton, 1863–1865 (William C. Davis, Sue Heth Bell - DLM) wert one of Early's brigades underby William C. Davis & Sue Heth Bell, foreward by Peter S. Carmichael Between March 1863 and July 1865, Confederate newlyweds Brigadier General Gabriel C. Wharton and Anne Radford Wharton wrote 524 letters, and all survived, unknown until now. Separated by twenty years in age and differing opinions on myriad subjects, these educated and articulate Confederates wrote frankly and perceptively on their Civil War world. Sharing opinions on generals and