A Southern woman's story :
life in Confederate Richmond. Including unpublished letters written from the Chimborazo Hospital. /
edited by Bell Irvin Wiley.

Description

Main Author

Pember, Phoebe Yates, 1823-1913.

Language(s)

English

Published

Jackson, Tennessee : McCowat-Mercer Press, 1959.

Subjects

Pember, Phoebe Yates, > Pember, Phoebe Yates, / 1823-1913.
Pember, Phoebe Yates, > Pember, Phoebe Yates, / 1823-1913.
Hospitals.
History, 19th Century
American Civil War
Virginia > Virginia / Richmond.
United States.
Virginia
United States > United States / History > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Hospitals.
United States > United States / History > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 > United States / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Personal narratives, Confederate.
Richmond (Va.) > Richmond (Va.) / History > Richmond (Va.) / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 > Richmond (Va.) / History / Civil War, 1861-1865 / Personal narratives, Confederate.
Personal narratives.
Personal narratives, Confederate.
Personal narratives > Personal narratives / Confederate.
History.
Personal narratives.
Personal Narrative

Summary

"A Southern woman's story gives revealing insight into many other aspects of Confederate life. The blighting effects of the twin evils of scarcity and inflation are effectively portrayed in Mrs. Pember's account of her difficulty in making a living in war-time Richmond"--Introduction.

Physical Description

199 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm.

ISBN

9780916107277
0916107272

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