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MsV4 CTW: "Private Journal commenced by Cloe Tyler Whittle Oct. 1st 1863", 1863/1865 Box 1, Item 4

Life in Norfolk during occupation; trip south with stops in Suffolk, Ivor, Weldon, Raleigh, Charlotte, Chester, South Carolina (destination); visit to sister Mary (Mrs. JJ Sams); description of travel, troops along the way, social events in Chester, etc.; Charleston; receipt of letter from her father with news of Norfolk (1/84); his resistance to taking the oath, family and friends, etc.; 1/6 St. Thomas, McPhersonville; deser. Sams family; 4/18/1864 rumors of upcoming raid on Pennsylvania; Columbia South Carolina, high prices. Relative's possessions lost in Yankee Raid. Return trip north begun November 8, 1864 from Chester, South Carolina, S. Mulberry, North Carolina, Whitehall Plantation, Mt. Pleasant, Lucas Mills [Sullivan's Island, Ft. Moultico - side trips]. Sherman threatening Savannah; fall of Savannah; Charleston threatened; description of Christmas stocking; receives letter from father enclosing a permit to return to Norfolk provided that she signs an oath of allegiance to US and promises not to return to the Confederacy during the war; torn over decision; attended a dance over the holidays. 1/13/1865 - receives word that her father does not want her to start without someone to escort her through the lines; her brother-in-law fears she will be expelled or get her father in trouble if she tries to cross. 1/18 talk of evacuation of Charleston. 1/23 discussion with Capt. Hunter concerning reasons men go to war, education of women. 1/28 reports hearing peace rumors but also rumors of British and French involvement on the side of the Confederacy. 2/3 peace rumors; Monroe Doctrine. 2/15 decision to remain in Charleston in hopes of being sent back to Norfolk when the city falls. 2/24 travelling in South Carolina in company of Union officers; Northern and Southern war aim and attitudes as she sees them. 2/27 she prefers extermination to reconstruction "a deeper disgrace than subjugation." Someone describes CTW as "not near so rabid as many of them are." CTW's explanation for the election of Jefferson Davis and Stevens as P - VP; discussion of the oath, mood of Norfolk as seen by Union officers. CTW's dislike of the terms "rebel" and "confederate." Northern attitude - called themselves "Americans"; Southern attitude - from a state. 3/4 receives pass to go to Hilton Head; 3/7 reports statement of her father that in event of Southern defeat, he would not remain in the country and that she would follow unless she could do more by staying on in a resistance movement.

  1. College of William and Mary
  2. Whittle-Greene Papers, 1855/1995
  3. Series 1: Diaries of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene and Grace Latimer Whittle, 1855/1924
  4. Box 1

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