A Lost Heroine of the Confederacy: The Diaries and Letters of Belle Edmondson

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In an era that glorified Southern womanhood, especially the women who contributed significantly to the Confederate cause, the of this fascinating book, until now, in some way has been in large part forgotten.

These are the papers that survived her, and they detail the life and deeds of Belle Edmondson (1840-1873), a heroine of the Confederacy. This collection consists of her diaries for 1863 and 1864 and the letters she received between 1861 and 1864. They document her active role in the back of the scenes in the Civil War and reveal her to have been a courier, a gatherer of intelligence, and a smuggler of contraband in behalf of Southern troops in West Tennessee.

Of all of the correspondence, the most valuable letters are those from one “Captain Henderson.” These request copies of Northern newspapers, in addition to Belle’s reports on enemy activities in Memphis, details about local skirmishes and conditions in the camps, and her reports of activities on nearby battle fronts. These are letters of a very literate author with a flair for recording immediate detail.

Though Belle Edmondson was once praised for her valuable products and services as a Florence Nightingale of the war and was once told that her good deeds would last “whilst our country stands,” with the end of the war she was once forgotten. She dies in 1873, in a while after announcing her engagement to a Colonel H., who perhaps was once a Yankee.

A Lost Heroine of the Confederacy brings Belle Edmondson back to life and points to the deeds of a Southern woman who chose an active role in the cause she served.

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