Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865

Name: Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865
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ISBN: 9780803266230

ISBN-10: 0803266235

ISBN-13: 9780803266230

Edition: 2000

Authors: Maria Lydig Daly, Harold Earl Hammond, Jean V. Berlin, Maria Daly

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Rumor, gossip, and innuendo are the weapons of the home front, and no one wielded them with quite the aplomb of Maria Lydig Daly. Her richly detailed comments on everything from inept Union generals to Dorothea Dix’s appearance provide the liveliest memoir to emerge from a Northern noncombatant. Daly was the wife of a prominent New York City judge whose connections allowed her to meet many major figures involved in Northern military and diplomatic strategy. Despite catty comments about Mrs. Lincoln and less-than-flattering appraisals of Union generalship, Daly could be sympathetic toward the suffering of the soldiers. She noted the fear with which many viewed the draft, seeing it as a…

Book details

List price: $24.95
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 6/1/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 396
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 0.80" tall
Weight: 0.990
Language: English

Jean V. Berlin is coeditor of "Sherman's Civil War: Selected Correspondence of William T. Sherman, 1860-1865." A graduate of Haverford College and the University of Virginia, she has taught history at the University of Virginia and Wofford College. Berlin lives in Chandler, Arizona.