Journal of a Secesh Lady
The Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston, 1860-1866
Edited by Beth Gilbert Crabtree, James W. Patton
Approx. 888 pp., 7.25 x 10.25, 45 halftones
Distributed for the North Carolina Office of Archives and History
Catherine Edmondston was the wife of a prominent planter in Halifax Co., N.C. An avid reader of newspapers, she commented extensively on the
Civil War. Her diary reveals family, class, and sectional ties, while providing an intimate glimpse of plantation life, women's responsibilities, and home-front conditions during the war.
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