Title A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66 / Virginia Clay-Clopton ; put into narrative form by Ada Sterling (d. 1939) ; with an introduction and annotations by Leah Rawls Atkins, Joseph H. Harrison Jr., and Sara A. Hudson

Published Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1999

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Description 1 online resource (xlviii, 462 pages) : portraits Contents I. Childhood, Girlhood, Marriage 3 -- II. Washington Personages in the Fifties 19 -- III. A Historic Congressional "Mess" 42 -- IV. The Cabinet Circles of the Pierce and Buchanan Administrations 58 -- V. Solons of the Capital 73 -- VI. Fashions of the Fifties 86 -- VII. The Relaxations of Congressional Folk 101 -- VIII. The Brilliant Buchanan Administration 114 -- IX. A Celebrated Social Event 126 -- X. Exodus of Southern Society from the Federal City 138 -- XI. War Is Proclaimed 153 -- XII. Richmond as a National Capital 168 -- XIII. Glimpses of our Beleaguered South Land 178 -- XIV. Refugee Days in Georgia 193 -- XV. C.C. Clay, Jr., Departs for Canada 203 -- XVI. The Departed Glories of the South Land 211 -- XVII. Conditions in 1863-'64 222 -- XVIII. The Death of Abraham Lincoln 235 -- XIX. C.C. Clay, Jr., Surrenders to General Wilson 246 -- XX. Prisoners of the United States 258 -- XXI. Return from Fortress Monroe 269 -- XXII. Reconstruction Days Begin 278 -- XXIII. News from Fortress Monroe 286 -- XXIV. Again in Washington 300 -- XXV. Secretary Stanton Denies Responsibility 307 -- XXVI. Mr. Holt Reports upon the Case of C.C. Clay, Jr. 317 -- XXVII. President Johnson Interposes 331 -- XXVIII. The Nation's Prisoners 345 -- XXIX. President Johnson Hears What the "People Say" 354 -- XXX. The Government Yields Its Prisoner 367 Summary This reissue of what has long been considered one of the finest female memoirs of the 19th-century South will provide a new generation of readers with a revealing and unusual perspective on the Civil War era. The author was born into the slaveholding elite and frequented the inner circles of Washington and Confederate Richmond. She later became a leader of the women's suffrage movement. Includes a 1999 introduction and annotations, plus b & w photos and portraits of key figures. Originally published in 1905 by Doubleday, Page and Company Notes Originally published: New York : Doubleday, Page, 1905 Includes index Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxviii) and indexes Notes Print version record Subject Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915. SUBJECT Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915 fast Subject HISTORY -- State & Local. Manners and customs SUBJECT Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125665 Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262 Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030861 Subject Southern States United States United States -- Confederate States of America Washington (D.C.) Zuidelijke staten. Washington (D.C.) Genre/Form Personal narratives History Personal narratives Herinneringen (vorm) Personal narratives. Récits personnels. Form Electronic book Author Sterling, Ada, -1939. LC no. 99006143 ISBN 0585296111 9780585296111 9780817309862 0817309861

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