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"Sanctified trial is the Civil War diary of a Confederate woman of strong religious faith and equally strong proslavery convictions. Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain (b. 1816), who lived in Rogersville, Tennessee, kept diaries from shortly after her marriage to Richard Gammon Fain in 1833 until her death in 1892. John N. Fain has prepared this edition of the portion of these diaries that focuses on the war years." "This diary is distinctive for its account of increasing clashes with Unionist "bushwhackers" and for its graphic description of the atrocities on both sides. The Civil War surged around Rogersville, near the Fain farm, with alternating occupation by both North and South. When her farm was looted in 1865, Fain attempted to defend her family and home from depredations by both Yankee troops and guerrillas." "The entries from the period of Reconstruction reveal Fain's concerns about perceived threats from poor whites and freed slaves. Overall, however, this busy mother focuses throughout on the private life of her family, and her writings tell us much about the challenges of everyday life almost a century and a half ago."--BOOK JACKET.
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Biography, Confederate Personal narratives, Diaries, East Tennessee Civil War, 1861-1865, History, Military History, Personal narratives, Social aspects, Social conditions, United States Civil War, 1861-1865, Women, Women, united states, Tennessee, history, War and society, Tennessee, biography, United states, history, military, Tennessee, social conditions, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, personal narratives, confederateTimes
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Sanctified trial: the diary of Eliza Rhea Anderson Fain, a Confederate woman in east Tennessee
2004, University of Tennessee Press
in English
- 1st ed.
1572333138 9781572333130
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [385]-391) and index.
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