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From April 15, 1861, to September 4, 1861, Sarah Butler Wister, daughter of actress Fanny Kemble and member of the Wister family, kept a diary that detailed the events of the Civil War and her views on the matter. Over the course of the five-month long diary, Sarah introduces a multitude of people connected to both her personal life and the ongoing war while keeping track of the war’s events and the news cycles that soon followed. While the diary ends abruptly, we know that years later excerpts from it were published with the diarist’s permission by her mother.
Publication Date
Summer 2024
Language
English
Keywords
Civil War, Slavery, Sarah Butler Wister, Owen Wister, Fanny Kemble, Francis Wister, Pierce Mease Butler, Belfield, Butler Place
Disciplines
American Material Culture | American Studies | Cultural History | History | United States History | Women's History
Recommended Citation
Long, Dezlen, "The Civil War Diary of Sarah Butler Wister" (2024). People and Places. 18.
https://digitalcommons.lasalle.edu/people_places/18
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