Diary of Anita Dwyer Withers
By: Anita Dwyer Withers, fl. 1860-1865
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: 1999
Place of publication: Chapel Hill, N.C.]
Language: eng
Subjects: Diaries; Women; Social conditions; History; Personal narratives; Social life and customs; Confederate Personal narratives; Catholic Church
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: Anita Dwyer Withers, wife of a U.S. and Confederate army officer, lived at her home in San Antonio, Tex., and briefly in Washington, D.C., before the Civil War, and in Richmond, Va., during the war, before returning to Texas in 1865. The diary, 4 May 1860-18 June 1865, mainly records her life in the Confederate capital, her concerns for her husband, John (d. 1892) and children, social visits, the Catholic Church, news from battles, rumors and threats of approaching federal troops, and temporary visits away from the city.
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This electronic edition is part of the UNC-CH digitization project's database, Documenting the American South, beginnings to 1920. It is part of the collection The Southern homefront, 1861-1865.

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Transcribed from: Diary of Anita Dwyer Withers : May 4, 1860 - June 18, 1865 ; San Antonio, Texas and Richmond, Virginia. 130 p. Given by Mrs. William Holcomb, San Antonio, Texas, for permanent preservation in the Southern Historical Collection University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, North Carolina.

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