From a New England Woman's 1865 Diary in Dixie Pictorial Longing to fit into her

Longing to fit into her family's picture perfect holiday celebration

Author: Andrew Murray

Many women have browsed through the topics discussed and have been appreciative of the no-nonsense approach

Published: 03/30/2016

Although quite reluctant to take part in this quest

From a New England Woman's 1865 Diary in Dixie Pictorial Longing to fit into herThis post Civil War diary describes the experience of two young white women from Massachusetts, who sign up with the Freedmen's Bureau to teach school to newly freed slaves on Edisto Island in South Carolina one month after General Lee surrendered to General Grant at Appomattox. Mary Ames relates living among a thousand black Americans during a unique but brief period before the US Government pardoned the former Confederates and relinquished land