Diary of Samuel A. Agnew
Subtitle: September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864
By: Samuel Andrew Agnew, 1833-1902
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; Social life and customs; History; Personal narratives; Religious life; Politics and government; Race relations; Presbyterian Church; Clergy; Confederate Personal narratives
Other titles: Southern homefront, 1861-1865.
Description: Detailed diary of Agnew's thoughts, experiences, and activities; neighborhood news; public events, particularly as they affected the locality; relations with slaves and free blacks; the Civil War, during which he was in the area of operations of both armies; Reconstruction, which was tumultuous in his vicinity; local and regional church affairs; farming and leadership in the local Grange; major natural events; frequent travels to Memphis and to other parts of Mississippi; and many other aspects of personal and public life that came within his view. There are occasional gaps in the diary before 1873 and after 1883.
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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 Samuel A. Agnew : typed volume IV containing part of manuscript volume 7B, September 27, 1863-June 30, 1864. 327 p. This is one of seven copies made from the original manuscript volumes which were given to the Southern Historical Collection at the Wilson Library of the University of North Carolina by the Agnew family through Mr. S.A. Agnew and Mrs. Janie Agnew Robison. Chapel Hill, North Carolina, 1957.

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