Diary of Belle Edmondson, January - November, 1864
By: Edmondson, Belle, 1840-1873
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: 1998
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Diaries; Women; Social life and customs; Women spies; Secret service; Spies; Smugglers; History; Personal narratives; Social conditions; Confederate Personal narratives
Other titles: Diary of Belle Edmondson, 1864
Description: Civil War diary of Miss Edmondson of Shelby County, Tenn., recording news from the front, local skirmishes and rumors, troop movements, the running of contraband through federal lines, activities of family and slaves, and a trip to Mississippi, including stops in Tupelo, Pontotoc, and Columbus, where she visited generals Forrest and Chalmers. According to family legend, which appears to be supported by the diary accounts, Miss Edmondson was a Confederate spy.
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Edition statement is dated "1997."

The electronic edition is a part of the UNC-CH digitization project, Documenting the American South, or, The Southern Experience in 19th-century America.

"Text typed in from a prepared transcript by Jordan Davis. Text encoded by Jordan Davis and Natalia Smith."

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Transcribed from: Diary of Belle Edmondson January - November, 1864 (transcript). From the manuscript (#1707) in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.

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Published as A lost heroine of the Confederacy, eds. Loretta and William Galbraith, University Press of Mississippi, c1990.