Two Diaries From Middle St. John’s Berkeley, South Carolina (Treasure Trove Classics)

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In the beginning published in 1921.

Two Diaries from Middle St. John’s, February to Might, 1865, published in 1921, includes significant excerpts from the journals Jervey and Ravenel kept on the end of the Civil War. These excerpts were published by the St. John’s Hunting Club, a local society in Berkeley County, South Carolina, with explanatory footnotes and a few supplementary materials. Within the diaries, each and every woman describes the constant threat of Union raids; the difficulties associated with finding enough food to feed their families and slaves; and the issues they experienced seeking to manage slaves all over war. The 2 women describe their preparations for the arrival of Federal soldiers, and the general tension that pervaded the area as the Union army passed through their county. Supplementing these journals is a 1917 speech by Mrs. Mary Rhodes (Waring) Henigan, who lived near Jervey and Ravenel in 1865. The publishers also include a short report from the Massachusetts 55th Regiment that describes the unit’s interactions with Berkeley County plantations.

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