Book Synopsis
Edited and annotated by Nancy Rohr
Published by the Huntsville-Madison County Historical Society
"The Civil War diary of Mary Jane Chadick of Huntsville, Alabama, has been a popular source for historians since it first appeared in serial form in the Huntsville Times in 1937... Chadick's witty observation of life under military occupation and the social and cultural tension of southern women living in a wartime world are quoted by writers of many books about the Civil War. Nancy Rohr's edition is the first attempt to place the diary in context and interpret Mrs. Chadick and the wartime world in which she lived. Rohr's extensive annotation make this new edition an even more valuable primary source on women, northern Alabama and the Civil War." - Dr. Leah Rawls Atkins, Auburn University