03162nam 2200649Ia 450 991046507430332120200520144314.01-283-09860-197866130986031-57233-792-3(CKB)2560000000072862(EBL)686428(OCoLC)721194570(SSID)ssj0000540728(PQKBManifestationID)11356755(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000540728(PQKBWorkID)10492237(PQKB)11498971(MiAaPQ)EBC686428(MdBmJHUP)muse16303(Au-PeEL)EBL686428(CaPaEBR)ebr10466852(CaONFJC)MIL309860(EXLCZ)99256000000007286220100722e20111911 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrRefugitta of Richmond[electronic resource] the wartime recollections, grave and gay, of Constance Cary Harrison /edited, annotated, and with an introduction by Nathaniel Cheairs Hughes Jr. and S. Kittrell Rushing1st ed.Knoxville University of Tennessee Pressc20111 online resource (273 p.)Originally published under title: Recollections grave and gay. New York : Charles Scribner's Sons, 1911.1-57233-747-8 Includes bibliographical references and index.Contents; Preface; Acknowledgment; Introduction; Refugitta of Richmond; Chapter 1; Chapter 2; Chapter 3; Chapter 4; Chapter 5; Chapter 6; Chapter 7; Chapter 8; Chapter 9; Chapter 10; Chapter 11; Epilogue; Appendix: Burton Norvell Harrison; Notes; Bibliography; IndexIn the expansive canon of Civil War memoirs, relatively few accounts from women exist. Among the most engaging and informative of these rare female perspectives is Constance Cary Harrison's Recollections Grave and Gay, a lively, first-person account of the collapse of the Confederacy by the wife of President Jefferson Davis's private secretary. Although equal in literary merit to the well-known and widely available diaries of Mary Boykin Chesnut and Eliza Frances Andrews, Harrison's memoir failed to remain in print after its original publication in 1916 and, as a result,United StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateVirginiaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Personal narratives, ConfederateUnited StatesHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenVirginiaHistoryCivil War, 1861-1865WomenRichmond (Va.)HistoryCivil War, 1861-1865Electronic books.973.7/82Harrison BurtonMrs.,1843-1920.832270Hughes Nathaniel Cheairs1041963Rushing S. Kittrell1046122Harrison BurtonMrs.,1843-1920.832270MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910465074303321Refugitta of Richmond2483059UNINA