The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl 1864-1865 #969365

A vivid Civil War diary from wartime Georgia.
First published in 1908 from entries written during 1864–1865, The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl follows Eliza Frances Andrews through the final months of the Civil War in the American South. Beginning with a difficult journey across rail lines broken in the wake of Sherman’s advance, the narrative moves through plantation life, displacement, rumor, fear, Confederate defeat, and the first signs of Reconstruction.
What makes this book especially compelling is its immediacy. Andrews records not only major historical change, but the texture of everyday life: crowded trains, interrupted travel, family networks, wartime anxiety, social rituals, and the collapse of a familiar world. The result is both a personal document and a revealing historical source.
This edition is ideal for readers interested in Civil War history, Southern history, women’s firsthand narratives, and primary-source accounts of life on the Confederate home front.