A Faithful Heart: The Journals of Emmala Reed, 1865 and 1866

by Emmala Reed

A record of transition to an uneasy peace

Emmala Reed (1839-1893) may not have watched the unfolding of the Civil War from the front lines, but she nonetheless witnessed the collapse of the Confederacy. With the fall of Charleston and the burning of Columbia, waves of refugees flooded into her hometown of Anderson, South Carolina. Returning Confederate soldiers passed through this isolated settlement to get rations of cornmeal on their...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1570035458
• ISBN13: 9781570035456
• Release Date: August 2004
• Publisher: University of South Carolina Press
• Length: 335 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.2" x 9.2"