War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865

Name: War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
Price: 5.95 USD
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ISBN: 9780803259317

ISBN-10: 080325931X

ISBN-13: 9780803259317

Edition: N/A

Authors: Eliza Frances Andrews, Jean V. Berlin, Eliza Andrews

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In the fall of 1864 General Sherman and his army cut a ruinous swath across Georgia, and outraged Southerners steeled themselves for defeat. Threatened by the approach of the Union army, young Eliza Frances Andrews and her sister Metta fled from their home in Washington, Georgia, to comparative safety in the southwestern part of the state. The daughter of a prominent judge who disapproved of secession, Eliza kept a diary that fully registers the anger and despair of Confederate citizens during the last months of the Civil War. nbsp; Traveling across Georgia, Eliza observes Sherman’s devastation. A lively social life is maintained at her eldest sister’s plantation, where she and Metta take…

Book details

List price: $19.95
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Publication date: 12/1/1997
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 404
Size: 5.51" wide x 8.50" long x 0.59" tall
Weight: 0.946
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.