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Sarah Morgan Dawson

Born

in New Orleans, Louisiana, The United States

February 28, 1842

Died

May 05, 1909

Genre

Biographies & Memoirs, Diaries, History

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Nineteenth-century Louisiana writer Sarah Morgan Dawson is best known for the diary she kept during the Civil War. From March 1862 until April 1865, Dawson chronicled her thoughts and experiences, providing one of the most detailed accounts of civilian life in wartime Louisiana. A gifted storyteller, Dawson recorded her feelings about the Confederacy, war, politics, refugee life, and women’s place in society against the backdrop of Louisiana’s invasion and occupation by Union troops.

Though Dawson originally asked that her six-volume diary be destroyed upon her death, she later willed it to her son Warrington. In 1913, he arranged to have the first four volumes published as A Confederate Girl’s Diary. The diary was later edited by Charles Ea ...more

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Average rating: 3.83 · 927 ratings · 94 reviews · 33 distinct works • Similar authors

	Sarah Morgan: The Civil War Diary Of A Southern Woman by Sarah Morgan Dawson, Charles East 3.82 avg rating — 915 ratings — published 1913 — 144 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	A Confederate Girl's Diary 4.07 avg rating — 14 ratings — 28 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Correspondence of Sarah Morgan and Francis Warrington Dawson, with Selected Editorials Written by Sarah Morgan for the Charleston News and Courier by Sarah Morgan Dawson, Francis Warrington Dawson, Giselle Roberts (Editor) 4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2004 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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“came in to ask for molasses. I was alone downstairs, and the nervous trepidation”
― Sarah Morgan Dawson, A Confederate Girl's Diary

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“helpless and bleeding in the street, I would”
― Sarah Morgan Dawson, A Confederate Girl's Diary

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“CONFEDERATE GIRL'S DIARY By”
― Sarah Morgan Dawson, A Confederate Girl's Diary

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