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Fear in North Carolina The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family Previously Unpublished Journals and Letters Reveal Private View of Western North Carolina During the Civil War Era ** Winner of 2008 Bob Terrell History Award! ** "...a distinctive voice and perspective on the trials and traumas of the wartimehome front and its aftermath...a remarkable chronicle of the war...whichdeserves the much wider readership it is now likely to reach..." -John C. Inscoe, Author "The Heart of Confederate Appalachia: Western North Carolina in the Civil War." Experience Life During the Civil War:Read Cornelia Henry's Personal Journals “They were Kirk’s men and said…they intended tokill you. These yankees are at the Murray place on the watch for you.Try to get out of the country tonight. I will not be easy till I know you are gone.May God protect you and watch over you in this trying hour.Stay away from the road. Go way off. I will come to you at Pa’s if the yankees stay.Disguise yourself and pass under a fictitious name. Oh yes, leave and try to get out!” C ornelia Henry, April 1865 "...Required reading..." -Terrell Garren, author "The Secret of War" Cornelia Henry’s three journals, written between 1861 and 1868, provide an excellent source of information on western North Carolina prior to, during and following the Civil War,and give us an intimate and personal glimpse into the lives of a struggling Confederate family. Read… · How a North Carolina Confederate family survived the war · Reactions of family slaves to freedom after The Civil War · First hand accounts of Union soldiers' ransacking and violence Throughout her writings, Cornelia reveals her innermost thoughts an d fears as she describes her daily routines, rumors and news of the war, raids by Union soldiers,occupation of Asheville by Union troops, activities of newly freed slaves, and finally, troublesome times after the war. “...One of the best local sources for daily information in Western North Carolinaduring and immediately following the Civil War..” - Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville, North Carolina “The war has broken us up. I can’t see how we are to pay our debts & still retain a home. Mr. Henry worries about it a good deal.He is prematurely ten years older in the last eight months…I try to cheer him but he is gloomy nearly all the time. I feel so sorry for him.He loves his old homestead so dearly. May God in his love, spare us the trial of giving it up and may we be more prosperous.” -Cornelia Henry, September 1865 D iscover… · Historical facts found in few other places · Rare photographs and documents · How Civil War Women managed the home front · How Cornelia Henry raised a large family during desperate times Over 450 pages with an extensive indexRarely seen documents and photos Filled with first person accounts of the war years Sneak Preview at Fear in North Carolina The Civil War Journals and Letters of the Henry Family ISBN-10: 0979396131 ISBN-13: 9780979396137 Civil War books,civil war letters,civil war Journals,confederate women,diaries,diary,western north carolina,history,cornelia henry,asheville,civil war books north carolina,civil war in nc,civil war north carolina,books from the civil war,civil war book,civil war women,north carolina,western north carolina,asheville,battle of asheville,buncombe,history,genealogy,robert love,bushwhackers,home guard,confederates,1800s women,homefront, read more

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