Two diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865

Name: Two diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865
Author: Mary Rhodes Waring Henagan

by Mary Rhodes Waring Henagan, Susan R. (Susan Ravenel) Jervey, Charlotte St. J. (Charlotte St. Julien) Ravenel

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Two diaries From Middle St. John's, Berkeley, South Carolina, February-May, 1865 Journals kept by Miss Susan R. Jervey and Miss Charlotte St. J. Ravenel, at Northampton and Pooshee plantations, and reminiscences of Mrs. (Waring) Henagan; with two contemporary reports from federal officials.

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Project Gutenberg

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Produced by Chuck Greif and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images available at The Internet Archive)

Release date

2016-02-14

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Public domain in the USA.

Subjects

United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Personal narratives, Confederate E456

About the authors

Mary Rhodes Waring Henagan

A contributor to a rare Civil War-era record from South Carolina, she helps preserve the voices of women living through the chaos of 1865. Her remembered scenes add a personal, intimate layer to a book built from diaries, memory, and local history.

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Susan R. (Susan Ravenel) Jervey

b. 1840

Best known for a vivid Civil War diary, this South Carolina writer left behind a rare firsthand record of plantation life in 1865. Her journal still stands out for its immediacy, detail, and window into a collapsing world.

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Charlotte St. J. (Charlotte St. Julien) Ravenel

d. 1880

A South Carolina diarist whose writing offers a rare firsthand look at daily life in the Civil War era, especially in Berkeley County in 1865. Little biographical information is easy to confirm, but her surviving journal has kept her voice alive for later readers.

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