Women of the Civil War South Personal Accounts from Diaries, Letters and Postwar Reminiscences
Produktdetaljer
Biografisk notat
The late Marilyn Mayer Culpepper, a retired professor from Michigan State University, lived in Lansing, Michigan.“fascinating”—<i>The Civil War Courier</i>; “the best I’ve ever reviewed...carefully researched”—<i>Counterpoise</i>; “interesting topics...sound and easy to read...recommended...valuable insight”—<i>The Civil War News</i>; “poignant stories”—<i>The Key</i>; “a diverse group of diaries and letters”—<i>Civil War Book Review.</i>
Presented here are excerpts from diaries and letters written by Southern women from different walks of life and areas of the country. Mary White, a fifteen-year-old girl, attempted to get through the blockade in Wilmington, North Carolina; Nancy Jones lived in fear amid the violence that rocked Missouri and saw her close friends and family murdered and her young son taken prisoner by the Yankees; Sarah Dandridge Duval and her family were refugees living near Richmond, Virginia.
The book includes personal reminiscences from Union and Confederate women living in Winchester, Virginia, a town that reportedly changed hands 76 times during the war, and the reactions of Southern women to the surrender at Appomattox.