£29.00

Kent State University Press Lincoln's Generals' Wives: Four Women Who Influenced the Civil Warfor Better and for Worse (Civil War in the North)

Price data last checked 96 day(s) ago - refreshing...

View at Amazon

We'll watch every seller, every day. One email when your price arrives.

It has never been this cheap. We have no record of a lower price.

£29 today · cheaper than every other day in the last 24 months

NEW HERE?

Amazon shows you one price. We show you all of them.

Tosheroon watches Amazon prices so you don't have to. Every product on Amazon has a price history — we make it visible. Set the price you'd actually pay, and we'll email you the second it gets there. No app, no account, one email.

WHAT'S ON THIS PAGE

↓ Price chart
when this has been cheap or pricey
↓ Forecast
where the price is heading next
↓ Statistics
all-time high & low, recent range
↑ Price alert
name your number, we'll email you

Price History & Forecast

Grey patches = out of stock. Cheaper = lower on the chart. Hover for exact prices.

Last 635 days • 635 data points (No recent data available)

Historical
Generating forecast...
£42.50 £27.65 £30.89 £34.13 £37.37 £40.61 £43.85 10 June 2024 15 November 2024 23 April 2025 28 September 2025 06 March 2026

Price Distribution

Price distribution over 635 days • 5 price levels

Days at Price
Current Price
32 days · current 75 days 23 days 46 days 459 days 0 115 230 344 459 £29 £40 £41 £42 £43 Days at Price

Price Analysis

Most common price: £43 (459 days, 72.3%)

Price range: £29 - £43

Price levels: 5 different prices over 635 days

Description

The story of the American Civil War is not complete without examining the extraordinary and influential lives of Jessie Frémont, Nelly McClellan, Ellen Sherman, and Julia Grant, the wives of Abraham Lincoln’s top generals. They were their husbands’ closest confidantes and had a profound impact on the generals’ ambitions and actions. Most important, the women’s own attitudes toward and relationships with Lincoln had major historical significance. Candice Shy Hooper’s lively account covers the early lives of her subjects, as well as their families, their education, their political attitudes, and their personal beliefs. Once shots were fired on Fort Sumter, the women were launched out of their private spheres into a wholly different universe, where their relationships with their husbands and their personal opinions of the president of the United States had national and historical consequences. The approaches and styles of Frémont and McClellan contrast with those of Sherman and Grant, and there is equal symmetry in their wives’ stories. Jessie Frémont and Nelly McClellan both encouraged their husbands to persist in their arrogance and delusion and to reject the advice and friendship of their commander in chief. In the end, Jessie and Nelly contributed most to the Union war effort by accelerating their husbands’ removal from active command. Conversely, while Ellen Sherman’s and Julia Grant’s belief in their husbands’ character and potential was ardent, it was not unbounded. Ellen and Julia did not hesitate to take issue with their spouses when they believed their actions were wrong or their judgments ill-advised. They intelligently supported their husbands’ best instincts―including trust in and admiration for Lincoln―and rebuffed their worst. They were the source of strength that Sherman and Grant used to win the Civil War. Relying on a close reading of letters, memoirs, and other primary sources―and, for the first time, mapping the women’s wartime travels―Hooper explores the very different ways in which these remarkable women responded to the unique challenges of being Lincoln’s generals’ wives.

Product Specifications

Format
Hardcover
Domain
Amazon UK
Release Date
30 May 2016
Listed Since
07 December 2015

Barcode

No barcode data available

Similar Products You Might Like

Disarming the Nation – Women′s Writing & the American Civil War: Women's Writing and the American Civil War (Women in Culture and Society Series)
96% match

Disarming the Nation – Women′s Writing & the American Civil War: Women's Writing and the American Civil War (Women in Culture and Society Series)

University of Chicago Press

£52.50 07 Mar 2026
The War That Made America: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher (Civil War America)
96% match

The War That Made America: Essays Inspired by the Scholarship of Gary W. Gallagher (Civil War America)

University of North Carolina Press

£61.40 25 Jan 2026
War Power: Literature and the State in the Civil War North (Oxford Studies in American Literary History)
96% match

War Power: Literature and the State in the Civil War North (Oxford Studies in American Literary History)

Oxford University Press

£66.32 05 Feb 2026
The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865 (Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time)
96% match

The Civil War: Primary Documents on Events from 1860 to 1865 (Debating Historical Issues in the Media of the Time)

Greenwood

£57.99 20 Feb 2026
The American War: A History of the Civil War Era
96% match

The American War: A History of the Civil War Era

£39.44 10 Apr 2026
The Civil War in Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion
96% match

The Civil War in Georgia: A New Georgia Encyclopedia Companion

University of Georgia Press

£84.97 10 Mar 2026
I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign
96% match

I Dread the Thought of the Place: The Battle of Antietam and the End of the Maryland Campaign

Johns Hopkins University Press

£37.00 12 Dec 2025
American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s (Civil War America)
96% match

American Civil Wars: The United States, Latin America, Europe, and the Crisis of the 1860s (Civil War America)

University of North Carolina Press

£59.91 08 Mar 2026
The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography
96% match

The Blue and Gray in Black and White: A History of Civil War Photography

By

£79.99 01 Mar 2026
The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front (American Ways)
96% match

The North Fights the Civil War: The Home Front (American Ways)

Bloomsbury Academic

£13.39 25 Feb 2026
States at War, Volume 2: A Reference Guide for New York in the Civil War: 02
96% match

States at War, Volume 2: A Reference Guide for New York in the Civil War: 02

University Press of New England

£91.08 07 Feb 2026
Union Heartland: The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War
96% match

Union Heartland: The Midwestern Home Front During the Civil War

Southern Illinois University Press

£41.95 26 Mar 2026
States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War
96% match

States at War, Volume 4: A Reference Guide for Delaware, Maryland, and New Jersey in the Civil War

University Press of New England

£121.21 07 Jan 2026
African American Women During the Civil War (Studies in African American History and Culture)
96% match

African American Women During the Civil War (Studies in African American History and Culture)

Routledge

£141.85 11 Mar 2026
Themes of the American Civil War: The War Between the States
96% match

Themes of the American Civil War: The War Between the States

Routledge

£48.99 05 Mar 2026
The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology
96% match

The American Civil War: A Literary and Historical Anthology

Routledge

£67.96 08 Mar 2026
I Rode with Stonewall: The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff: Being Chiefly the War Experiences of the Youngest Member of ... Mrs. Surratt (Civil War America (Paperback))
96% match

I Rode with Stonewall: The War Experiences of the Youngest Member of Jackson's Staff: Being Chiefly the War Experiences of the Youngest Member of ... Mrs. Surratt (Civil War America (Paperback))

University of North Carolina Press

£53.50 08 Mar 2026
James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner
96% match

James Z. George: Mississippi's Great Commoner

University Press of Mississippi

£86.80 11 Mar 2026
Armies in Gray: The Organizational History of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War
96% match

Armies in Gray: The Organizational History of the Confederate States Army in the Civil War

LSU Press

£155.18 29 Jan 2026
The Fateful Lightning: Civil War Stories and the Magazine Marketplace, 1861-1876 (Print Culture in the South)
96% match

The Fateful Lightning: Civil War Stories and the Magazine Marketplace, 1861-1876 (Print Culture in the South)

University of Georgia Press

£72.64 25 Jan 2026
States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War
96% match

States at War, Volume 1: A Reference Guide for Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, and Vermont in the Civil War

University Press of New England

£108.76 01 Mar 2026
Routledge Themes of the American Civil War - History Book
96% match

Routledge Themes of the American Civil War - History Book

Routledge

£128.80 28 Feb 2026
A Short History of the American Civil War (I.B. Tauris Short Histories)
96% match

A Short History of the American Civil War (I.B. Tauris Short Histories)

Bloomsbury

£52.41 12 Apr 2026
The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Military Affairs / Affairs of the State / Affairs of the People
96% match

The Cambridge History of the American Civil War: Military Affairs / Affairs of the State / Affairs of the People

Cambridge University Press

£315.79 12 Jan 2026