A Maryland bride in the Deep South
Subtitle: the Civil War diary of Priscilla Bond
By: edited, with an introduction, by Kimberly Harrison.
Contributors: Harrison, Kimberly, 1969-
Publisher: Louisiana State University Press
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Baton Rouge
Language: eng
Number of pages: 384
Subjects: Bond, Priscilla, 1838-1866 -- Diaries; Women -- Louisiana -- Diaries; Wives -- Louisiana -- Diaries; Plantation life -- Louisiana -- Houma Region -- History -- 19th century; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Houma Region (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Abbeville (La.) -- Social life and customs -- 19th century; Baltimore (Md.) -- Biography; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Genres: Diaries.; Personal narratives.; Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: "Friends home and love, all are mine" : 21 May 1858-10 April 1859; title: "Religion in affliction" : 1 May 1859-25 August 1859; title: "Can I do a wife's duty?" : 26 August 1859-31 May 1860; title: "I have released him" : 1 June 1860-9 November 1860; title: "The greatest trial of my life" : 12 November 1860-2 April 1861; title: "War is upon us" : 4 July 1861-27 July 1862; title: "We fled our home" : 1 August 1862-18 September 1863; title: "Abbeville independence" : 19 September 1863-17 January 1864; title: "Life almost seems like a burden" : 19 January 1864-31 May 1864; title: "This suspense is dreadful!" : 1 June 1864-7 July 1865.