Myra Inman : A Diary of the Civil War in East Tennessee

by Snell, William R.

• ISBN13: 9780865545908
• ISBN10: 0865545901
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2000-03-01
• Publisher: Mercer Univ Pr

Summary

In 1859, a thirteen-year-old-girl began a diary, detailing the emotions and events of everyday life. Daily life in her small hometown of Cleveland, Tennessee was not destined to remain quiet and routine, however. When the Civil War began, the diary entries provide a firsthand account of the sorrows inflicted when the Civil War tore families apart in the border South. Myra, a staunch Confederate, gave a vivid account of the war, how it divided her community and left misery in its wake. Her diary became a bosom friend to whom she could confide her pain and grief. While she never knew the historical importance of her diary, her descendants did, and preserved this precious legacy.

Like the famous diary of Anne Frank, Myra Inman's diary begins with ordinary events and proceeds to tell the story of a child's view of the horrors of war. This book offers a unique perspective on the Civil War -- that of a child in the borderlands, where families were torn apart by differing loyalties.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	vi
Family Members in Inman Home	vii
Introduction	ix
Photographs	xxix
The Diary	1	(338)
1859	1	(48)
1860	49	(32)
1861	81	(50)
1862	131	(50)
1863	181	(58)
1864	239	(58)
1865	297	(38)
1866	335	(4)
Epilogue	339	(2)
Appendix 1: Uncle Ned and Aunt Phoebe	341	(6)
Appendix 2: Lea-Jarnagin-Inman-Carter Genealogies	347	(6)
Index	353