Author : Daughters of the Confederacy
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ISBN 13 : 9781520232904
Total Pages : 50 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (329 download)
Book Synopsis War Days in Fayetteville by : Daughters of the Confederacy
Download or read book War Days in Fayetteville written by Daughters of the Confederacy and published by . This book was released on 2016-12-25 with total page 50 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nearly half a century after General William Tecumseh Sherman marched through their town with 60,000 Union troops, feelings were still raw among some of the women of Fayetteville, North Carolina. They wrote this brief, true account of their memories as young women and girls, watching the dream of the Confederacy turn to ashes before their eyes.A privileged set, these women experienced hardships they never imagined they would but they persevered. And they never forgave Sherman.A rare account of one important town in the south during the closing days of the American Civil War.Every memoir of the American Civil War provides us with another view of the catastrophe that changed the country forever.(Abridged, Annotated)