A Confederate Lady Comes of Age by Mary D Robertson

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At the age of 19 Pauline DeCaradeuc Heyward began keeping a journal in which she recorded the final years of the American Civil War, including the destruction of her plantation home. This document offers insights into the deprivation suffered by southern women during and after the war.

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A Confederate Lady Comes of Age by Mary D Robertson

At the age of 19 Pauline DeCaradeuc Heyward began keeping a journal in which she recorded the final years of the American Civil War, including the destruction of her plantation home. This document offers insights into the deprivation suffered by southern women during and after the war.
A unique and useful source …Pauline DeCaradeuc Heyward was a strong-minded, devoted daughter of Catholicism and the Confederacy; she was also a loving and resourceful woman who overcame tragedy to care for her family—Journal of Southern History
Mary D. Robertson is an adjunct professor of history at Armstrong Atlantic State University in Savannah. She is the editor of Lucy Breckinridge of Grove Hill: The Journal of a Virginia Girl, 1862–1864.
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ISBN 13 9781570032288
ISBN 10 1570032289
Title A Confederate Lady Comes of Age
Author Mary D Robertson
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Paperback
Publisher University of South Carolina Press
Year published 1997-10-30
Number of pages 180
Cover note Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.