Diary, January 1st 1861-Dec. 1865 [electronic resource] / Bethell, Mary Jeffreys, b. 1821.
Personal diary of Mary Jeffreys Bethell of Rockingham County, N.C. During the Civil War, there is mention of her sons Willie and George entering the Confederate Army, and of news and visits from them. George, in the 55th Regiment, North Carolina Troops, was captured and imprisoned at Johnsons Island. Mary's husband entered the army in 1864 and she wrote of the difficulties at home after he left, including the departure of slaves. There are also reports of rumors and news of the fighting.
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- Physical Description: 1 electronic resource
- Edition: Electronic edition
- Publisher: [Chapel Hill, N.C.] : Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, 2000.
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| General Note: | Text transcribed and annotated byKristofer Ray. Text encoded by Jeanine Cali and Natalia Smith. This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865. |
| Original Version Note: | Transcribed from: Diary, 1853-1873. [36] p. Transcript of the manuscript. The original is in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (#1737). |
| Funding Information Note: | Funding from the Institute of Museum and Library Services supported the electronic publication of this title. |
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