Kate Stone was living with her widowed mother, five brothers, and younger sister at her family's plantation, Brokenburn, in Madison Parish, La., at the start of the Civil War. Brokenburn Plantation was a large cotton plantation of 1,260 acres and 150 slaves. Her three older brothers joined the Confederate Army while the rest of the family remained on their plantation as long as possible. The Stone family finally fled as Grant's troops advanced on Vicksburg in the spring of 1863, choosing to wait out the war with other displaced planters in Tyler, Tex. They returned to Brokenburn in November 1865 and resumed planting. After helping her mother run the plantation for a few years, Kate married Henry Bry Holmes, a Confederate officer she had met during the war, in 1869. The couple later moved to Tallulah, La. She gave birth to four children, only two of whom lived to adulthood.
From the description of Kate Stone diary, 1861-1868. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 387771841
From the description of Kate Stone diary, 1861-1868. (Louisiana State University). WorldCat record id: 243783227
