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Victories of Cupid in Civil War Era Matches
Special correspondence from Washington notes marriages bridging Union and Confederate lines. Nellie Grant Sartoris and Major Henry Kyd Douglass head a rising trend of cross‑section matches, with Winnie Davis and Syracuse connections cited as further examples of romance across old enemities. General Gordon recalls personal bonds formed amid war.
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Washixnetox
Mars
Cupid
Nellie Grant Sartoris
Jeff Davis
Grant
General Grant
Henry Kyd Douglass
Maryland
Stonewall Jackson
Washington
Blue Mountain House
Narragansett Pier
Nellie Grant
Algernon Sartoris
Major Douglass
Hagerstown
Gordon
Congress
Europe
Jemciera
U. S. Grant
Jefferson Davis
Rose Mary Sartoris
Miss Beckenbaugh
W. W. Gordon
Savannah
Nellie Kinzie
Chicago
Newark
N. I
John B. Gordon
United States
Georgia
Confederacy
Lee
Appomattox Court House