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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03523.40.29 |
| From Archive Folder | Lydia A. Bishoff collection of Civil War correspondence |
| Title | Lines to my Husband |
| Date | n.d. |
| Author | Bishoff, Lydia A. (1841-1914) |
| Document Type | Miscellany |
| Content Description | The poem describes the feelings of a wife as she contemplates being replaced by another after her death. "The love which once I called my own/To her will then be given," Bishoff writes, later describing how "My children will then be taught/ To call her mother dear." Presumably, Bishoff is referring to her own familial situation, as she was Major David Stemple Jr.'s second wife, and took over the duties of mothering the seven children Stemple had by his first wife, Elizabeth Wotring (who died in 1862). |
| Subjects | Marriage Woman Author Women's History Children and Family Poetry Literature and Language Arts Death |
| People | Bishoff, Lydia A. (1841-1914) |
| Place written | s.l. |
| Theme | Arts & Literature; Children & Family; Women in American History |
| Sub-collection | Papers and Images of the American Civil War |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |