Reminiscences of Peace and War

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This illustrated memoir contains twenty-six chapters and was once published in 1907.

Mrs. Pryor remembers what Washington DC was once like, both
the political and the social life, before, all the way through and after the
Civil War. She shares stories about her family life, what the
Capitol was once like in the 1850’s, political battles, Civil War stories,
society life and parties in the Capitol, and her life experiences
after the war.

Her husband, Roger A. Pryor, was once both an American politician and a Confederate politician serving as a Congressman on both sides. He was once also a jurist, serving in the New York Supreme Court, a lawyer, and newspaper editor. Pryor is also known for being a Confederate Brigadier General all the way through the American Civil War.
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Book Reviews of the Day:

Few persons now living had a better opportunity to be in, and part of, the life of the national capital and mingle with its social and political leaders all the way through that period when the war clouds were gathering to burst in 1861 than Mrs. Roger A. Pryor. Still fewer could have had the power to take in the vital and charming side of it, and to record it so entertainingly as she has done. She was once not only a keen observer of all that transpired all the way through those memorable days, but the manner in which she has recorded her recollections is done with charming grace. This is a pathetic story of woman’s heroism and devotion, sad and amusing by turns, and all the time interesting. It is told in a modest way by one who bravely faced every deprivation and returned to her desolate home with a cheery, hopeful spirit which manifests itself in every page, as it did in the days following the war when by her self-sacrifice she aided her husband to attain, in the face of great odds, eminent
rank in the bar and bench of New York.” — Boston Herald

” Nothing which has yet been produced excels in charm of style, in temperate and modern commentary of facts, and in vivid portrayal of social characteristics and incidents of private and military life than the thoroughly delightful book of reminiscences just completed by Mrs. Roger A Pryor. Mrs. Pryor’s narrative . . . gives a wealth of information, which is very important to the true understanding of history, and in a shape that should charm
and delight the reader. Americans who would see the full conditions of the South in its great crisis have been placed under a debt of lasting obligation to the talented writer of ‘Reminiscences of Peace and War.’ ”
— Philadelphia Public Ledger

Other books by this writer:
– The Mother of Washington and Her Times
– My Day, Reminiscences of a Long Life

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