Diary, August 8, 1859-May 15, 1865
By: Sarah Lois Wadley
Contributors: University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Documenting the American South (Project); University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library
Edition: Electronic ed.
Publisher: Academic Affairs Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Published: 2000
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Diaries; Women; Social life and customs; Slavery; History; Description and travel; Railroads; Public opinion
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: Entries in the diary document in detail opinions and events in the life of an articulate and alert young Louisiana women just before and during the Civil War. Entries during the war describe reactions to war news; life in the vicinity of Monroe, Oakland, and Homer, La., including comments on freedmen and federal troops; and some activities of Sarah's father, William Morrill Wadley, who managed the Vicksburg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad and served as Confederate superintendent of railroads.
Notes: Title from electronic title page.

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.

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Transcribed from: Diary, August 8, 1859-May 15, 1865 / Sarah Lois Wadley. v. 1-4 of larger diary. Transcript of the manuscript. Call number 1258 (Manuscripts Dept., Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill).

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Table of contents: title: Manuscript volume no. 1 August, 1859-June, 1861 (p. 1-143); title: Manuscript volume no. 2 June, 1861-April, 1863 (p. 1-124); title: Manuscript volume no. 3 May 16th, 1863-Feb. 11th, 1864 (p. 1-165); title: Manuscript volume no. 4 February 16th, 1864-May 13th, 1865 (p. 166-340).