[Gutenberg 41475] • Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron's Memories
- Authors
- Merrick, Caroline E.
- Tags
- history , 1861-1865 , louisiana -- social life and customs , southern states -- social life and customs -- 1865- , louisiana -- history -- civil war
- Date
- 2009-01-15T00:00:00+00:00
- Size
- 0.31 MB
- Lang
- en
This volume was published in 1901.
A fascinating personal memoir of what it was like for one
Southern belle during the pre and post American Civil War.
Get to know her family, personal thoughts, friends,
neighbors, political views and learn more about the popular
Southern traditions of the day.
Some chapter titles:
\- Home Life
\- Rumors of our Civil War
\- My Daughter Laura's Diary
\- War Memories
\- Laura's death in the Epidemic of '78
\- Mrs. Julia Ward Howe and the Blessed Colored People
\- The Best is Yet to Come