Title: The Civil War diary of Clara Solomon
First published: 1995
Description: Written by a sixteen-year-old Jewish girl living in the South's largest metropolis during the early years of the Civil War, this previously unpublished diary is an invaluable historical and cultural document.

It enhances our knowledge of early southern Jewish religious and social life; the cosmopolitan milieu of New Orleans; Confederate army activities and the Union occupation of the city; and, especially, the struggle by an urban civilian population to maintain daily life in the face of grim news from battlefields, the devaluation of Confederate currency, food shortages, closing schools, and the loss of family members.
Subjects: Diaries, Girls, Jewish girls, New Orleans (La.) Civil War, 1861-1865, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Confederate Personal narratives, Personal narratives, Confederate, Personal narratives, History, New orleans (la.), biography, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, biography
Places: Louisiana, New Orleans, New Orleans (La.), United States
People: Clara Solomon, Clara Solomon (d. 1907)
Time periods: Civil War, 1861-1865
LC classification: F374.S65 A3 1995