“Contains a history of the town but focuses mainly on the homes of old Warrenton. Includes a section on the professional men, notable visitors, and events of Warrenton.”
“January 20, 1858 - April 27, 1868. South Carolina and Virginia. Some wartime letters of the family of an Episcopal rector in Sumter County, South Carolina.”
“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…
“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary letters, reminiscences, diaries, etc., from the entire state.”