The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan [Hardcover]

Sarah Morgan (Author), Sarah Morgan Dawson (Author), Charles East (Editor)

Editorial Reviews

From Library Journal

This book is not simply a reissue of A Confederate Girl's Diary , but the complete version of Morgan's diaries. Morgan had the rare opportunity to observe society and conditions before the federal occupation of Baton Rouge, Louisiana during the Battle of Baton Rouge, as well as life in both Baton Rouge and New Orleans under the occupation. Some of her more vitriolic comments deal with the role of women in Old South culture, General Butler, commander of the Union occupation forces, and the conduct of the federal occupation troops. Morgan's diary should rank alongside Mary Chesnut's famous wartime journal ( Mary Chesnut's Civil War, LJ 3/1/81) as one of the most important personal records of the Civil War. Highly recommended for four-year college and university libraries.
- W. Walter Wicker, Louisiana Tech Univ. Libs., Ruston
Copyright 1991 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Product Details

• Hardcover: 626 pages
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press (October 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0820313572
• ISBN-13: 978-0820313573
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 6.4 x 2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.3 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,379,806 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent primary source, July 20, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan (Hardcover)

Ms. Morgan's diaries are so beautifully written that they read like a novel; there is never a dull moment as she describes with great detail life in Baton Rouge during the Civil War. Even if the reader is not a Civil War buff, he or she will find this book spell-binding. The book includes informative footnotes, fine copies of historic photographs, and is a MUST for those pursuing courses in women's studies, the American Civil War or Southern history and culture.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very detailed and well written but is a little slow, October 7, 1999

By A Customer

This review is from: The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan (Hardcover)

Sarah writes with all her emotion and holds nothing back. She writes very detailed however at times it can be a little slow in parts and I found myself trudging through it at times. However, it was an interesting view from a young woman in Civil War times with two brothers in the army and a brother who had been involved in a duel.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A diary much larger than it's pages!, July 27, 1997

By A Customer

This review is from: The Civil War Diary of Sarah Morgan (Hardcover)

Sarah Morgan was an 18 year old girl who lived the most sheltered of lives the social aristocracy
of deep south dictated before the war. We read as
she grows up after the dueling death of a brother and the death by illness of her father as the Civil War began.

She was a natural writer, later becoming one of the first women to get a by-line in a major American newspaper.

Her adventures are many and some quite dangerous. Her concerns are frivilous
and girlish. Her views are through the prism of
bigoted class distinction. Yet you will come to
see her as your sister. Intelligent by nature, ignorant by training these two selves are in constant conflict.

Just a terrific piece of history!