Manuscripts Department
Library of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill
SOUTHERN HISTORICAL COLLECTION

#1707-z
BELLE EDMONDSON DIARY
Inventory

Full text of diary, January-November 1864

Abstract:      Civil War diary of Edmondson of Shelby County,
           Tenn., recording news from the front, local skirmishes
           and rumors, troop movements, the running of contraband
           through federal lines, activities of family and
           slaves, and a trip to Mississippi, including stops in
           Tupelo, Pontotoc, and Columbus, where she visited
           generals Forrest and Chalmers.  According to family
           legend, which appears to be supported by the diary
           accounts, Edmondson was a Confederate spy.

Online Catalog Terms:
   Chalmers, James Ronald, 1831-1898.
   Diaries--Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Edmondson, Belle, 1840-1873.
   Forrest, Nathan Bedford, 1821-1877.
   Mississippi--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal
       narratives, Confederate.
   Secret service--Confederate States of America.
   Shelby County (Tenn.)--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives,
       Confederate.
   Tennessee--Social conditions--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal
       narratives, Confederate.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Secret service.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Women.
   Women--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
   Women--Tennessee--Diaries.
   Women--Tennessee--Social life and customs--Civil War, 1861-
       1865.

Size:  1 volume (1 folder or 2 reels of microfilm).

Provenance:    Received from Mary B. West of Memphis, Tenn., in
               May 1950.

Access:        No restrictions.

Processing Note:   This collection was processed with support
                   from the Randleigh Foundation Trust.  

Copyright:     Retained by the authors of items in these papers,
               or their descendants, as stipulated by United
               States copyright law.

                            DESCRIPTION

Folder 1       Manuscript and typescript copies of the diary.
Reel   1       Microfilm of the manuscript copy.
Reel   2       Microfilm of the typescript copy.