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Size | 1 volume (66 pages) |
Abstract | Diary of Catherine B. Broun, wife of Edwin Broun, describing events and conditions in the area near her home at "Sunny Bank," Middleburg, Loudoun County, Va., during and after the Civil War. Mrs. Broun wrote detailed descriptions of life situated between the opposing armies, her dealing with soldiers from both sides, difficulties in obtaining supplies, family affairs, activities of Mosby's raiders, behavior of slaves and freedmen, her husband's imprisonment by the federal authorities, hardships suffered by her family and friends, and, after the war, the education of her children. Also included are copies of Broun family letters, 1861 (9 items), written from Confederate Army camps in Charleston, Va. [now W. Va.], and 1863 (3 items) from Washington, D.C., and Loudoun County. |
Creator | Broun, Catherine Barbara Hopkins, 1820-1903. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Suzanne Ruffing, July 1996
Encoded by: ByteManagers Inc., 2008
This collection was processed with support from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.
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Diary of Catherine B. Broun, wife of Edwin Broun, describing events and conditions in the area near her home at "Sunny Bank," Middleburg, Loudoun County, Va., during and after the Civil War. Mrs. Broun wrote detailed descriptions of life situated between the opposing armies, her dealing with soldiers from both sides, difficulties in obtaining supplies, family affairs, activities of Mosby's raiders, behavior of slaves and freedmen, her husband's imprisonment by the federal authorities, hardships suffered by her family and friends, and, after the war, the education of her children. Also included are copies of Broun family letters, 1861 (9 items), written from Confederate Army camps in Charleston, Va. [now W. Va.], and 1863 (3 items) from Washington, D.C., and Loudoun County.
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