Sanctified trial
Subtitle: the diary of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, a Confederate woman in east Tennessee
By: edited by John N. Fain.
Contributors: Fain, John N.
Edition: 1st ed.
Series: Voices of the Civil War; Voices of the Civil War series.
Publisher: University of Tennessee Press
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Knoxville
Language: eng
Number of pages: 410
Subjects: Fain, Eliza Rhea Anderson, 1816-1892 -- Diaries; Women -- Tennessee -- Rogersville -- Diaries; Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives; Tennessee, East -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects; Rogersville (Tenn.) -- Biography; Rogersville (Tenn.) -- History, Military -- 19th century; Rogersville (Tenn.) -- Social conditions -- 19th century; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate; United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Social aspects
Genres: Diaries.; Personal narratives.; Biography.; Personal narratives, Confederate.
Description: "Sanctified trial is the Civil War diary of a Confederate woman of strong religious faith and equally strong proslavery convictions. Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (b. 1816), who lived in Rogersville, Tennessee, kept diaries from shortly after her marriage to Richard Gammon Fain in 1833 until her death in 1892. John N. Fain has prepared this edition of the portion of these diaries that focuses on the war years." "This diary is distinctive for its account of increasing clashes with Unionist "bushwhackers" and for its graphic description of the atrocities on both sides. The Civil War surged around Rogersville, near the Fain farm, with alternating occupation by both North and South. When her farm was looted in 1865, Fain attempted to defend her family and home from depredations by both Yankee troops and guerrillas." "The entries from the period of Reconstruction reveal Fain's concerns about perceived threats from poor whites and freed slaves. Overall, however, this busy mother focuses throughout on the private life of her family, and her writings tell us much about the challenges of everyday life almost a century and a half ago."--BOOK JACKET.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-391) and index.