1. Civil War Diaries Of
Young People

2. These diaries and journals are first person narratives containing the thoughts, feelings, experiences, and struggles of young people from the South during the conflict in our Country known as the Civil War.

3. Eliza Frances Andrews From Washington, Georgia
Saw Sherman’s March through Georgia
Experienced racial tensions
Lived in the south during Reconstruction

4. Myrta Lockett Avary From Norfolk, Virginia
Traveled through the South during the war
Became a prisoner of the Yankees
Ran the blockade to get her husband a new uniform

5. Sarah Morgan Dawson From Baton Rouge, Louisiana
Experienced death of family members
Educated herself
Surrendered to the Yankees

6. Louise Wigfall Wright From Marshall, Texas
Daughter of a Confederate Senator
Lived in Virginia during the war
Was affected by the suffering of others

7. Annie L. Burton Lived on a plantation in Clayton, Alabama
Began life as a slave
Was freed from slavery as a child

8. Harriet Ann Jacobs Was a slave in North Carolina
Experienced cruel treatment as a slave
Became a fugitive slave

9. William Robert Houghton
Lived in Heard County, Georgia
Confederate soldier
Became a prisoner of war

10. David Emmons Johnston Born in Virginia Lawyer Member of the Senate
Learned discipline as a soldier
Recalls camp in winter

11. Randolph Harrison McKinn
Student at the University of Virginia
Confederate Soldier
Participated in many battles
Became a chaplain for the Confederacy

12. Credits
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