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In and Out of the Lines: An Accurate Account of the Incidents During the Occupation of Georgia by Federal Troops in 1864-65 Kindle Edition

by Frances Thomas Howard (Author) Format: Kindle Edition
4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 16 ratings
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Written in 1870, but not published until 1905, In and Out of the Lines was based on a Georgia woman’s diary of what her family experienced during the Federal occupation of Georgia in 1864-65. Because it is constructed from the extracts of her diary, there is not the faintest attempt of a plot of any sort, but an accurate chronological account of events as they affected this particular family and their close friends. Among the records of the latter is a distressing, but accurate account of a Southern woman in a Federal prison.
Making no effort to exaggerate or diminish the hardships inflicted upon Southerners at this time, the author writes in a simple, candid style. The book is well worth reading as a plain and unvarnished account of facts without the embellishment of fiction.
Of further interest to readers is an annotation about this book and this family perhaps having influenced fellow Georgia author, Margaret Mitchell. Quoting from Miss Howard’s “Find a Grave,” notation, “Several members of her family, who are depicted in the book, are said by many historians to be the models on which Margaret Mitchell based several of her characters in Gone With the Wind.”
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    September 29, 2020
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  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B08KG5HJXB
  • Publication date ‏ : ‎ September 29, 2020
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • File size ‏ : ‎ 6420 KB
  • Simultaneous device usage ‏ : ‎ Unlimited
  • Text-to-Speech ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Screen Reader ‏ : ‎ Supported
  • Enhanced typesetting ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • X-Ray ‏ : ‎ Not Enabled
  • Word Wise ‏ : ‎ Enabled
  • Sticky notes ‏ : ‎ On Kindle Scribe
  • Print length ‏ : ‎ 161 pages
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.6 4.6 out of 5 stars 16 ratings

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4.6 out of 5 stars
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Tobias
5.0 out of 5 stars Fascinating 1st hand account.
Reviewed in the United States on October 6, 2022
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I love the book, I've not finished it yet but it's a good read. The one thing I haven't liked is the way she writes for the servants, I understand that they spoke differently and I get that but the way she writes about their thoughts is really hard to follow, the way it's spelled and sounds. Otherwise good book so far. I really like the 1st hand account of day to day life back then.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Details the horrors on the homefront during the War Between the States
Reviewed in the United States on November 25, 2017
This work vividly paints the trials, tribulations and tragedies visited upon the women and children of Georgia the invading vandals in Federal uniform. No American can read this without being horrified and ashamed that a soldier (though largely foreign) wearing a Federal uniform could be guilty of such widespread atrocity.
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Darlene Elliott
3.0 out of 5 stars A story of one Southerrn families experiences during the Civil War
Reviewed in the United States on June 28, 2019
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I bought this book because the author may be a distant relation. I had read other accounts written by other family members living in Georgia during the Civil War and wanted to know more. It is historical but this family got off easy compared to others living in the south during that time.
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5.0 out of 5 stars This first hand account of a southern woman's life during the Civil War was factual, Frank and very interesting.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on October 19, 2020
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One of the best first hand accounts of the war! I'm going to read Mary Chestnuts diaries now. Very well told and the dialect was brilliant.
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