Cyrena Bailey Stone diary, 1864

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Summary

Creator:
Stone, Cyrena Bailey, 1830-1868
Date:
1864
Extent:
0.25 Linear Feet 1 box
Language:
English
Preferred citation:

Cyrena Bailey Stone diary, ms1000, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.

Background

Scope and content:

The collection consists of a diary belonging to Cyrena Bailey Stone, written from January-July 1864, includes descriptive accounts of life in the South during the Civil War, slaves reaction to the Emancipation Proclamation and the probable fall of the Confederacy, prices for food and clothing, visits to prisons and hospitals, preparations of fortifications, shellings and cannonadings, falsified reports in Southern newspapers, diatribes towards leaders of the Confederacy especially Howell Cobb and Jefferson Davis, the fall of towns such as Tunnel Hill, Dalton, and Resaca (Ga.), and the evacuation of Atlanta.

Biographical / historical:

Cyrena Bailey Stone (1830-1868), maiden name Cyrena Ann Bailey, was born in East Berkshire, Vermont to Phinehas Bailey and Janette MacArthur Bailey. She was a teacher and Union sympathizer living near Atlanta, Georgia during the Atlanta Campaign of 1864.

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Preferred citation:

Cyrena Bailey Stone diary, ms1000, Hargrett Rare Book and Manuscript Library, The University of Georgia Libraries.