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Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens
Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens
Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens
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Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens

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In one of the few women’s diaries from Civil War–era Texas, a Northerner trapped in the Confederacy at the outbreak of war recounts her experience.

Lucy Pier Stevens, a twenty-one-year-old woman from Ohio, came to visit her aunt’s family near Bellville, Texas, on Christmas Day, 1859. Little did she know how drastically her life would change on April 4, 1861, when the outbreak of the Civil War made returning home impossible. Stranded in enemy territory for the duration of the war, how would she reconcile her Northern upbringing with the Southern sentiments surrounding her?

Lucy Stevens’s diary offers a unique perspective on daily life at the fringes of America’s bloodiest conflict. An educated and keen observer, Stevens took note of everything—the weather, illnesses, food shortages, parties, church attendance, chores, schools, childbirth, death, the family’s slaves, and political and military news.

As Stevens confided her private thoughts to her journal, she revealed how her love for her Texas family and the Confederate soldiers she came to know blurred her loyalties. Showing how the ties of heritage, kinship, friendship, and community transcended the sharpest division in US history, this rare diary and Vicki Adams Tongate’s insightful historical commentary on it provide a trove of information on women’s history, Texas history, and Civil War history.
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Release dateFeb 23, 2016
ISBN9781477308646
Another Year Finds Me in Texas: The Civil War Diary of Lucy Pier Stevens

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