Kate Stone diary, 1861-1868.

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Kate Stone diary, 1861-1868.

The diary of Kate Stone describes her experiences in Louisiana and Texas during the Civil War. It contains regular entries between May 1861 and November 1865, with summary sketches written in 1867 and 1868. Stone recopied this manuscript from her original diaries without evident revision in 1900.

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Stone, Kate, 1841-1907

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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...