The Unarmed Witness: 30 Accounts of Civil War Behind the Lines: Civilian Diaries, Nursing Memoirs, and Home-Front Testimony from the American Civil War
by Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Susie King Taylor, Adam Gurowski, William E. Barton, William Howard Russell, Sarah H. Bradford, Thomas E. Taylor, Mary Rhodes Waring Henagan, Susan R. Jervey, Charlotte St. J. Ravenel, Myrta Lockett Avary, Henry Martyn Kieffer, Mary Ann Loughborough, Sarah Morgan Dawson, Elizabeth Bacon Custer, Sara Agnes Rice Pryor, Eliza Frances Andrews, John Beauchamp Jones, Mary Ann Harris Gay, Parthenia Antoinette Hague, C. T. Quintard, Maud E. Morrow, Phoebe Yates Pember, S. Emma E. Edmonds, Mary Boykin Chesnut, George Barton, Fannie A. Beers, Sarah Ellen Blackwell, Tillie Pierce Alleman
The Unarmed Witness presents 30 personal accounts of the American Civil War, focusing on experiences behind the lines. Through civilian diaries, nursing memoirs, and home-front testimony, this collection brings together a broad range of voices, including writers, nurses, diarists, and witnesses to wartime life.
About This Book
The Unarmed Witness gathers 30 accounts of life behind the lines during the American Civil War.
This collection brings together civilian diaries, nursing memoirs, and home-front testimony.
Its contributors include Walt Whitman, Louisa May Alcott, Susie King Taylor, Mary Boykin Chesnut, and many other writers and witnesses.
Together, these accounts present varied personal perspectives on the Civil War beyond direct battlefield experience.
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