Memoir by Elise Virginia Jones Vass, describing life in Montgomery during the Civil War and Reconstruction.
In the manuscript, Jones describes the inauguration of Jefferson Davis, the city's military hospitals, war work completed by Montgomery women, Union raids on Halcyon Hill, and conditions in the city at the end of the war. Particularly notable passages related to Reconstruction describe rapid po...
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Alabama Department of Archives and History
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| Online Access: | http://cdm17217.contentdm.oclc.org/cdm/ref/collection/voices/id/13927 |