Surviving the Confederacy
Subtitle: rebellion, ruin, and recovery : Roger and Sara Pryor during the Civil War
By: John C. Waugh.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Harcourt
Published: 2002
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 447
Subjects: Pryor, Roger A. 1828-1919.; Pryor, Sara Agnes Rice, 1830-1912.; Married people -- Confederate States of America -- Biography.; Confederate States of America -- Biography.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.; Virginia -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Biography.
Genres: Biography.
Description: "War is hell - and not only on the battlefield, as John Waugh demonstrates in this portrait of one of the South's most-well known and admired couples, Roger and Sara Pryor, their friends, and their society.".

"Pryor was an ardent and fiery newspaper editor, secessionist leader, and soldier, she a graceful and compassionate companion, mother, and survivor. They were present at many of the crucial moments before and during the Civil War, from the first shot at Sumter to the fall of Richmond. Living examples of the South's pride and success before the war, they were also victims of the ensuing privation and destruction.".

"If the Pryors are the principal actors in the drama of Surviving the Confederacy, the people they knew and the people who suffered along with them form a resonant chorus that describes the life of the South during the war and the devastation that followed it. Surviving the Confederacy dramatizes that transformation with a story that is uniquely compelling and alive."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 395-430) and index.
Table of contents: title: Roger; title: Sara; title: Harry Hotspur and the Washington Belle; title: The fire-eater; title: Coming untied; title: Strike a blow!; title: Cradle days of the Confederacy; title: Sewing for the Rebellion; title: A message from the guns; title: Seeing the elephant; title: Somebody's darling; title: Marching with Lee; title: Alone in the blackwater; title: A bizarre resignation; title: War at the door; title: In the cannon's mouth; title: The riderless horse; title: The tightening noose; title: The northern Bastille; title: Death knell; title: Shattered lives; title: Into the arms of the enemy; title: The sweetheart of my life.