Peach leather and Rebel gray
Subtitle: bluegrass life and the war, 1860-1865 : farm and social life, famous horses, tragedies of war : diary and letters of a Confederate wife
By: edited by Mary E. Wharton and Ellen F. Williams.
Contributors: Wharton, Mary E., 1912-; Williams, Ellen F.
Publisher: Helicon Co.
Published: 1986
Place of publication: Lexington, KY
Language: eng
Number of pages: 189
Subjects: Jones, Martha McDowell Buford, 1829-1866.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.; Kentucky -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives.; Kentucky -- Biography.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 182-184.
Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:  Preface i; title: Introduction: The Families and Their; title: Background in the Bluegrass Tradition iii; title: Antebellum Life - 1860 I; title: Social Life 4; title: Social and Religious Life of the Slaves 18; title: Horses 19; title: Farm Activities 26; title: Househeld Activities 35; title: Food 43; title: Medicines and Care of the Sick 46; title: Sundays and Religious Life 52; title: Rumors of War and Efforts for Peace 55; title: Plates I- VIII; title: Kentuckians Divided - 1861 61; title: Volunteering for the Confederacy in; title: Union-Controlled Kentucky- 1862 75; title: A Confederate Wife in a Union; title: State- 1863 95; title: Plates IX - XVI; title: Danger at Home - Tragedy at the; title: Front- 1864 141; title: At the End of the War 173; title: References 182; title: Index 185 <BR><BR>Library of Congress Subject Headings for this publication: Jones, Martha McDowell Buford, 1829-1866, United States History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Confederate, Kentucky History Civil War, 1861-1865 Personal narratives, Kentucky Biography.