A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer

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"A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer" is a memoir-style account offering a personal, firsthand perspective on life in the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf book
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
documentType firsthand account
primary source on the American Civil War
focusesOn daily life in the Confederacy
experiences of a Confederate officer’s wife
home-front experiences during the American Civil War
social conditions in the American South during the Civil War
genre historical narrative
memoir
war literature
historicalContext American South in the 1860s
Confederate home front
intendedAudience general readers of historical memoirs
readers interested in Civil War history
scholars of Southern history
language English
literaryForm autobiographical account
personal narrative
mainSubject American Civil War NERFINISHED
Confederate States of America NERFINISHED
civilian life during wartime
narrativePerspective first-person
portrays Confederate civilian perspective
impact of war on Southern families
settingLocation Virginia NERFINISHED
settingPeriod 1861–1865

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Eleanor Agnes Lee notableWork A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861–1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer