Civil War Wives: The Lives and Times of Angelina Grimke Weld, Varina Howell Davis, and Julia Dent Grant

(BookTV) From the 2009 Fall for the Book literary festival held on and around the campus of George Mason University in Northern Virginia, Carol Berkin discusses her book, "Civil War Wives." In the book, Professor Berkin profiles the wives of three prominent figures of the Civil War era: abolitionist leader Theodore Weld, confederate president Jefferson Davis, and Union Army general Ulysses S. Grant. Includes audience Q&A. Continued