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Tag Archives: Dora Miller
A Union Girl In the South 06: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, January 28, 1861
This is the third part of Dora Miller’s Civil War diary entry for January 28, 1861. Here’s the previous entry for this date. New Orleans Whites Celebrate Secession On this Monday the city of New Orleans was in a festive … Continue reading
A Union Girl In the South 05: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Jan 28, 1861
This is the second part of Dora Miller’s Civil War diary entry for January 28, 1861. Here’s the first entry for this date. How Southern Churches Adapted to Secession On this Monday Dora took note in her diary of a … Continue reading
A Union Girl In the South 04: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Jan 28, 1861
When Dora Miller published her Civil War diary in the 1880s, she changed or obscured the names of the people she talked about, since many of them were still alive at the time. One of those people was a young … Continue reading
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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Tagged Civil War New Orleans, Dora Miller
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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
A Union Girl In the South 01: Dora Miller’s Civil War Diary, Dec 1, 1860
I’ve been reading the diary of a young woman who lived in the South during the Civil War. One of the things that makes this diary so interesting is that its author was a staunchly pro-Union young lady living among … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War New Orleans, Civil War Vicksburg, Dora Miller, secessionists
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