A diary with reminiscences of the war and refugee life in the Shenandoah Valley, 1860-1865, 1934.

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A diary with reminiscences of the war and refugee life in the Shenandoah Valley, 1860-1865, 1934.

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Cornelia Peake McDonald kept a diary during the Civil War (1861- 1865) at her husband's request, but some entries were written between the lines of printed books due to a shortage of paper and other entries were lost. In 1875, she assembled her scattered notes and records of the war period into a blank book to leave to her children. This combination diary and memoir was annotated and supplemented with further biographical material about the family by her son, Hunter McDonald, in 1934 and published by Cullom and Chertner Co. of Nashville. The diary entries describe civilian life in Winchester, Va., occupation by Confederate troops prior to 1st Manassas, her husband's war experiences, the Valley campaigns and occupation of Winchester and her home by Union troops, the death of her baby girl, the family's "refugee life" in Lexington, reports of battles elsewhere and news of family and friends in the army. Appendices contain further accounts of Angus McDonald's early life and war experiences, including mistreatment in prison by David H. Strother.

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University of Virginia. Library

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University of Virginia. Library

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McDonald family.

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McDonald, A. W. (Angus William), 1799-1864

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McDonald, Cornelia Peake, 1822-1909

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Housewife from Winchester, Virginia, who spent the last two years of the war in Lexington, Virginia. From the description of Diary 1861-1865. (Washington & Lee University). WorldCat record id: 77131842 ...

Strother, David Hunter, 1816-1888

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Illustrator and army officer; used pseudonym Porte Crayon. From the description of Drawings, 1861 Jul 23 and 24. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 32959762 Soldier; writer and illustrator under the pseudonym "Porte Crayon"; U. S. consul in Mexico, 1879. From the description of Papers of David Hunter Strother [manuscript], 1876, 1885. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647975841 Epithet: Clothier, of York British Library...

McDonald, Hunter, 1860-1937

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