Yankees on the doorstep
Subtitle: the story of Sarah Morgan
By: by Debra West Smith.
Publisher: Pelican Pub.
Published: 2001
Place of publication: Gretna, La
Language: eng
Number of pages: 176
Subjects: Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909 -- Juvenile fiction.; Dawson, Sarah Morgan, 1842-1909 -- Fiction.; Family life -- Louisiana -- Fiction.; Diaries -- Fiction.; War -- Fiction.; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Juvenile fiction.; Louisiana -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Fiction.
Genres: Juvenile fiction.; Fiction.
Description: Sarah Morgan is a spirited twenty-year-old, loyal to the Confederacy, when Union forces arrive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1862, forcing her and her family on a perilous journey to New Orleans.  Includes excerpts from the actual diary on which the story is based.