The Civil War diaries of Ellen Adair & Capt. Thaddeus P. Waldo, C.S.A. / edited by D. Darlene Richardson. 2004.

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The Civil War diaries of Ellen Adair & Capt. Thaddeus P. Waldo, C.S.A. / edited by D. Darlene Richardson. 2004.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/440810178

Materials transcribed: diary of Ellen Adair (dated 1862-1865), diary of Thaddeus Waldo (dated 1 Aug 21-Sep 1863), Adair family correspondence (1841-1871), Waldo family correspondence (1864-1865), student compositions and poems. Includes general biographical material about Adair and Waldo and an annoted listing of certain individuals mentioned.

155 leaves : ill., map, port. ; 28 cm.

Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library

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Hollins University, Wyndham Robertson Library

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Waldo, Thaddeus Porter, 1840-1867.

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Hollins Institute

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Confederate States of America. Army. Virginia Calvary.

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Richardson, D. Darlene.

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Adair was the daughter of James Adair, II, and Jane Ann Swart. She was born in 1845 into an affluent Irish immigrant family whose plantation home, Bell Point, was located near the New River in Giles County, Virginia. She attended Hollins Institute from November 1861-1863. While living at home, she and her family were forced to evacuate their home due to the invasion of Yankee troops. In 1863 she married Thaddeus Waldo (1840-1867). His life was cut short in a mill accident and she la...

Gooch, Benjamin Porter.

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Adair, Ellen S., 1845-1932.

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