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It has been said that the peasants of the Campagna, in their semi-annual visits to the Pontine marshes, arrive piping and dancing; but it is seldom they return in the same merry mood, the malaria fever being sure to affect them more or less. Although I did not leave Jackson on... Read Full Overview

Excerpt from My Cave Life in Vicksburg: With Letters of Trial and Travel

A first-hand accounting of life in the caves during the siege of Vicksburg by a "Lady."

My Cave Life In Vicksburg: With Letters Of Trial And Travel is a memoir written by Mary Ann Loughborough and published in 1864. The book chronicles Loughborough's experiences during the American Civil War, specifically her time spent living in a cave during the Siege of Vicksburg... Read Full Overview

My Cave Life In Vicksburg: With Letters Of Trial And Travel is a memoir written by Mary Ann Loughborough in 1864. The book recounts Loughborough's experiences during the American Civil War as a resident of Vicksburg, Mississippi, which was under siege by Union forces for over... Read Full Overview

My Cave Life In Vicksburg: With Letters Of Trial And Travel (1864) is a memoir written by Mary Ann Loughborough about her experiences during the American Civil War, particularly during the siege of Vicksburg in 1863. Loughborough and her family were forced to take refuge in a... Read Full Overview

It has been said that the peasants of the Campagna, in their semi-annual visits to the Pontine marshes, arrive piping and dancing; but it is seldom they return in the same merry mood, the malaria fever being sure to affect them more or less. Although I did not leave Jackson on... Read Full Overview