“June 1, 1861-June 7, 1865. Primarily in June. The diary of a young soldier from Patrick County, Virginia, this material includes valuable descriptions of life in the author's home state and the South in defeat.”
"September 1, 1861-March 22, 1862. Nashville. The Pearl family, who had migrated to Nashville from the North in the mid-1850s, was split by sectional antagonisms. In 1861 Mr. Pearl took the daughters to Detroit. John, the son, joined the 1st…
“December 11-12, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A young woman whose home was destroyed by a severe fire in the city described the conflagration in her diary.”
“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…