The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl: 1864-1865 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl: 1864-1865It is for the sake Of the light it throws on the inner life Of this unique society at the period of its dissolu tion - a period so momentous in the history of our country - that this contemporaneous record from the pen of a young woman in private life, is given to the public. The uncompromising attitude of the writer's father against secession removed him, Of course, from all participation in the political and Official life Of the Confederacy, and so this volume can lay claim to none Of the dignity which attaches to the utterances Of one narrating events quorum pars magna fui. But for4 the war-time journal.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.