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Monthly Archives: October 2017
A Union Girl In the South 03: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Jan 26, 1861
At the beginning of 1861, Dora Miller was a young girl living in New Orleans among her family and friends. But Dora felt very much alone. Everyone in New Orleans seemed wild with enthusiasm for having Louisiana secede from the … Continue reading
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A Union Girl In the South 02: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Dec, 1860
In December of 1860 young anti-secessionist Dora Miller was almost alone among her New Orleans friends and family in her support for the Union. She had already decided to confide her patriotic thoughts to her diary because, as she said, … Continue reading