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FRANCES WOOLFOLK WALLACE DIARY
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Full text of diary

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Wallace, Frances Woolfolk, b. 1835.
Diary, 1864.
1 volume (85 p.).

Diary, March-August 1864, kept by Frances W. Wallace during a journey to
and from her home in Kentucky to visit her husband, Philip Hugh Wallace,
who was a Confederate officer in Alabama; a two-month stay at Tuskegee,
Ala.; and shorter stays at Nashville, Memphis, Vicksburg, Mobile,
Montgomery, and other places along the route.  The diary describes travel
details, scarcities and destruction observed, persons Wallace met, and
financial and other anxieties.  Extended descriptions of life in Tuskegee,
including activities of women, are included.

Gift, 1954.

Microfilm copy and typed transcription available.

ONLINE CATALOG TERMS:
   Alabama--History--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Army wives--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
   Confederate States of America--Description and travel.
   Confederate States of America--Economic conditions.
   Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
   Travelers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.
   Tuskegee (Ala.)--Social conditions--Civil War, 1861-1865.
   Wallace, Frances Woolfolk, b. 1835.
   Wallace, Philip Hugh, fl. 1864.
   Women--Confederate States of America--Social conditions.
   Women travelers--Confederate States of America--Diaries.

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