Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Earl J. Hess - A) Section - Human Interest young Gettysburg native Mary Virginia

young Gettysburg native Mary Virginia “Jennie” Wade rode out the firestorm at her sister’s home

Propelled by the momentum of that supreme moment

it will go hard with him

As Marszalek shows

who bore seven children by Jefferson over the course of their thirty-eight-year liaison

Animal Histories of the Civil War Era (Earl J. Hess - A) Section - Human Interest young Gettysburg native Mary Virginiaby Earl Hess (Editor), Joan Cashin (Contributor), Lorien Foote (Contributor), David Gerleman (Contributor), Abraham Gibson (Contributor), Brian Matthew Jordan (Contributor), Jason Phillips (Contributor), Mark Smith (Contributor), Paula Tarankow (Contributor), Daniel Vandersommers (Contributor), Michael Woods (Contributor) Animals mattered in the Civil War. Horses and mules powered the Union and Confederate armies, providing mobility for wagons,