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“They were Kirk’s men and said… they intended to kill you. These yankees are at the Murray place on the watch for you. Try to get out of the country tonight...Disguise yourself and pass under a fictitious name. Oh yes, leave and try to get out!”  - Cornelia Henry, April 1865

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 ISBN-13: 978-0-9793961-3-7
6 x 9 soft cover  458 pages
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·       Book includes over  450 Pages including an extensive name and place index for quick reference

·       Full text of Cornelia Henry’s three Civil War journals, dated 1860 through 1868

·       Personal letters and correspondence between Cornelia and William Henry, and other family members

·       Illustrations and reproductions of newspaper clippings and other historic documents

·       Vintage photographs of family members, buildings and locations

·       History of slaves associated with the Henry family, including names and relationships

 Bob Terrell History Award Winner for 2008! 

Cornelia Henry's Personal Journals and Letters
Reveal the True Struggles and Sacrifices of a
North Carolina Confederate Family

Discover how Cornelia Henry and other civil war women
managed work, slaves and raising a family, all at once!

"Required Reading"  Terrell Garren, Author

• See photos and documents and read historical nuggets you won't find anywhere else
•  Learn how family slaves lived day to day and how they reacted after Emancipation
• Cry with Cornelia as her slave Atheline lies deathly ill with consumption
• Fear for “Mr. Henry” as he rides off to war and pray with Cornelia for his safe return
• Read detailed accounts of Union soldiers' ransacking and raids on local citizens 

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  Saturday July 16, 1864 - "Atheline died this morning about half past eight. She went very easy. She died very easy. She was 19 years old last December 21st day. Jim takes it very hard...Jinnie dressed her very neatly. I had a pair of my fine stockings & a nice pair of gloves put on her & gave her a sheet. She has been good and kind to me & my children. I loved her for loving them.

  She died perfectly in her mind, told them all good bye last night. She was willing to go. I am glad she was resigned. She was nothing but skin and bone, looked almost like a skeleton. I think she had consumption. She asked for her baby this morning. It was asleep so she did not get to see it & when it awoke they took it to her but she did not notice it. She asked Jim this morning if he was not glad her soul was happy".
  
  Sunday 17th July 1864 - "My head not well this morning. I lay down on the lounge & tried to sleep but could not. Matt kept the flies off me. We sit up till 11 o'clock last night thinking perhaps Mr. Henry would come. The moon shone nearly as bright as day. They sung & prayed all night I think, at least every time I was awake. Yesterday & today have been beautiful days. They started to burry Atheline about half past one I suppose. She smells a little. There was a heap of negroes went on from here. They had plenty of company last night.

  Matt, Tom & the children went. I was affraid to leave the house in such times as this. I sent for Mrs. Fanning to come & stay while I went to the grave yard but she has the headache & could not come. I then sent to know if Arbazena might stay with me & she sent her. They had not been gone long till Mr. Henry came. I was so glad to see him. I felt so lonely... Everything looks very lonely. Atheline will never come to me again and ask what she will do. No never".

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   Fear in North Carolina
  The Civil War Journals and Letters
  of the Henry Family
  
  “...a distinctive voice and perspective on the trials and traumas of the wartime home front and its aftermath...a remarkable chronicle of the war...which deserves the much wider readership it is now likely to reach...”
  -John C. Inscoe, The North Carolina Historical Review, Oct 2008  

  “...Required reading...Nuggets of historical gold...”
  -Terrell Garren, Author “The Secret of War.”

   

  “...Cornelia's journals were a well-kept secret for too long.
  Thankfully, everyone can now discover for themselves the richness of her wartime and Reconstruction-era writings...”
  -Steven E. Nash, Appalachian Journal, Summer 2008

   

  “...One of the best local sources for daily information in Western North Carolina during and immediately following the Civil War...”
  -Pack Memorial Public Library, Asheville, North Carolina
  

   

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