A Heritage of Woe: The Civil War Diary of Grace Brown Elmore, 1861-1868

By: Grace Brown Elmore

Book Overview

This diary chronicles the defining years in the life of Grace Brown Elmore, one of eight children in a wealthy and influential Columbia, South Carolina, family. Begun just five months into the Civil War, when Elmore was twenty-two, it is a rich personal account of a society in the midst of chaotic change.

At her diary's opening, Elmore had every reason to believe that she would someday marry, bear children, and have a pleasurable life within...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 082031854X
• ISBN13: 9780820318547
• Release Date: April 1997
• Publisher: University of Georgia Press
• Length: 280 Pages
• Weight: 1.24 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.3" x 9.3"