Emerson, Nancy ___ 1807-1864 ___ American ___ n/a

BIOGRAPHICAL SUMMARY
Emerson was born in Massachusetts, but settled in Augusta County, Virginia, with her brother Luther Emerson, a Presbyterian minister, and his family before the civil war. Her diary, which is held by the Alderman Library at the University of Virginia and has been published on the internet as part of the 'Valley of the Shadow' project, chronicles the deaths of friends and neighbours during the war. Emerson, herself, was strongly pro-Confederate and believed that the war was God's punishment to northern abolitionists.
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DIARY DATES, CONTENT DESCRIPTORS
1862-1864 ___ domestic military social

WEB TEXT LINKS
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ORIGINAL MANUSCRIPT LINKS
University of Virginia Library

SOME PUBLISHED TITLES
Diary of Nancy Emerson, 1862-1864
 

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