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#1757
JULIA JOHNSON FISHER DIARY
Summary

Full text of diary, 1864

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Fisher, Julia Johnson, 1814-1885.
Diary, 1864.
1 item (15 p.).

Typed transcription; original in private hands in 1950.

Diary, January-August 1864, of Julia Johnson Fisher, native of
Massachusetts, living with her husband, William Fisher (1788-1878), and her
children in an isolated area in Camden County, Ga., near the Florida
border.  The diary contains comments on conditions and incidents of daily
life, family and neighborhood news, personal thoughts, and reports of
military activity in the region.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Camden County (Ga.)--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
   Family--Georgia--Social life and customs--19th century.
   Fisher, Julia Johnson, 1814-1885.
   Fisher, William, 1788-1878.
   United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Personal narratives,
      Confederate.
   Women--Confederate States of America--Diaries.

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