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| Size | 1 volume (85 pages). |
| Abstract | 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. |
| Creator | Wallace, Frances Woolfolk, b. 1835. |
| Language | English |
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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.
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