Title: Diary of Anita Dwyer Withers
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.
Subjects: Diaries, Women, Social conditions, History, Personal narratives, Social life and customs, Confederate Personal narratives, Catholic Church
Places: Texas, Virginia, Richmond (Va.), Washington (D.C.), United States
People: Anita Dwyer Withers (1839-1909), John Withers (-1892)
Time periods: 19th century, Civil War, 1861-1865