Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War - Paperback

by Judith Brockenbrough McGuire (Author), James I. Robertson (Editor)

Judith Brockenbrough McGuire's Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War is among the first of such works published after the Civil War. Although it is one of the most-quoted memoirs by a Confederate woman, James I. Robertson's edition is the first to present vital details not given in the original text. His meticulous annotations furnish references for poems and quotations, supply the names of individuals whom McGuire identifies by their initials alone, and provide an in-depth account of McGui

Author Biography

James I. Robertson Jr., Alumni Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at Virginia Tech, is the author of Stonewall Jackson: The Man, the Soldier, the Legend.