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 |
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Includes index |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (p. xxiv-xxviii) and indexes |
Notes |
Print version record |
Subject |
Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915.
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SUBJECT |
Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915 fast |
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HISTORY -- State & Local.
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Manners and customs
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SUBJECT |
Southern States -- Social life and customs -- 1775-1865. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85125665
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Washington (D.C.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century
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United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate.
http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85140262
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Confederate States of America -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85030861
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Southern States
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United States
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United States -- Confederate States of America
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Washington (D.C.)
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Zuidelijke staten.
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Washington (D.C.)
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Genre/Form |
Personal narratives
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History
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Personal narratives
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Herinneringen (vorm)
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Personal narratives.
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Récits personnels.
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Electronic book
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Author |
Sterling, Ada, -1939.
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LC no. |
99006143 |
ISBN |
0585296111 |
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9780585296111 |
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9780817309862 |
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0817309861 |
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