There is not a word of reproach in it, and not a note of harshness or vindictiveness sounded. The tone in which the story is told also commends itself. The patience and the heroism displayed by the women of the South during four years of conflict, especially when we take into consideration the luxury which they had formerly enjoyed, has often been acknowledged and the book in question gives details of their daily life, of their privations, and yet of their occasional pleasures, the reading of which is sure to interest. The book presents a picture of life in Southern Alabama during the civil war, the contrasting colors of which are distributed very skillfully. Beauregard and is a book of great interest, describing the expedients resorted to by the people of blockaded districts to procure the necessities of life. The book was endorsed personally by Jefferson Davis and Gen. In 1888, she published a book, A BLOCKADEDįAMILY. at Hamilton female college.Īfter graduation from Hamilton Female college, she lived in Hurtville, AL aboutġ1 miles from Eufaula, AL in Barbour County where she was a teacher on a She finished her education in Harris County, Ga. Parthenio Antoinette Vardaman Hague (1838 - 1914) author, was born at Dowdels Mill, Harris County, Georgia.
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