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Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War, by a Lady of Virginia

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I am a student of history and am doing my final thesis on southern woman during the civil war. Thus, I have had to wade through numerous diaries to find what I am looking for. I was very impressed with this diary because it was well written and very intersting to read. I feel that it has something for everyone. It touches your heart strings with it's descriptors and the evident feeling behind them and it also gives awsome accounts of battles though letters and second-hand information. If you are in anyway interested in the civil war, then this is a wonderful book to start your journey with.

This book made me feel like I was right there with the people during the War. I feel it shows the readers how the people felt during that period. Although these were people of some means and the book showed you what they gave up it also let you know what the people that had little or nothing gave for their country during this period. I loved this book and know I will read it again.

This is the sort of book that reminds you why the Confederacy lost. Women were more interested in their own fashion, etc., than in the travails of their newfound republic. The feeble introduction fails to highlight this fact.