Diary, January 1st 1861-Dec. 1865
By: Bethell, Mary Jeffreys, b. 1821
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; Methodists; History; Prisoners and prisons; Confederate Personal narratives; Personal narratives; Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 55th; Johnson Island Prison
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: 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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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, 1853-1873. [36] p. Transcript of the manuscript. The original is in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. (#1737).

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