Josie Underwood's Civil War Diary

By Josie Underwood

Book Overview

A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840-1923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a southern woman sympathetic to the Union. This vivid portrayal of the early years of the war begins several months before the first shots were fired on Fort Sumter in April 1861. "The Philistines are upon us," twenty-year-old Josie writes in her diary, leaving no question about the alarm she feels whe

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0813125316
• ISBN13: 9780813125312
• Release Date: March 2009
• Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.12 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 5.8" x 8.6"
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher