Two Civil Wars : The Curious Shared Journal of a Baton Rouge Schoolgirl and a Union Sailor on the USS Essex / edited and annotated by Katherine Bentley Jeffrey.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-261) and index.
Contents:
I. Introduction -- The schoolgirl : M'lle Celeste Repp, L'Academie St. Marie, Baton Rouge, Louisiana -- The sailor : William Little Park, quarter gunner, USS Essex -- How did Celeste's notebook find its way into William Park's hands? -- Character of the writing and editorial principles -- II. The Celeste Repp journal (1859-1861) -- Commentary -- The text -- III. The William Park journal (1861-1864) -- Commentary -- Timeline -- IV. Abstract journal kept by William L. Park : 1861, 1862, 1863, 1864 -- V. Afterword: The wake of war -- William Little Park -- Matilda Victor -- Fr. Darius Hubert, S.J. -- Celeste Repp (Sister Mary Euphrasia) -- Appendix 1: William Porter's farewell speech to the crew of USS Essex -- Appendix 2: Additional naval records and correspondence copied into the Park journal -- Appendix 3: William Park's "Abstract journal" compared with his later, amplified memoir.
Summary:
. She also unravels the mystery of how a southern youngster's school scribbler found its way into the hands of a Union sailor. In so doing, she provides a richly detailed picture of occupied Baton Rouge and especially of events surrounding the Battle of Baton Rouge in August 1862. These two unusual personal journals, linked by curious happenstance in a single notebook, open up intriguing, provocative, and surprisingly complementary new vistas on antebellum Baton Rouge and the Civil War on the Mississippi"--From publisher's website. . She also unravels the mystery of how a southern youngster's school scribbler found its way into the hands of a Union sailor. In so doing, she provides a richly detailed picture of occupied Baton Rouge and especially of events surrounding the Battle of Baton Rouge in August 1862. These two unusual personal journals, linked by curious happenstance in a single notebook, open up intriguing, provocative, and surprisingly complementary new vistas on antebellum Baton Rouge and the Civil War on the Mississippi"--From publisher's website.
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