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

Scope and Contents 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.

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MsV5 CTW: Private Journal of Cloe Tyler Whittle, Norfolk, Virginia March 22nd, 1865 Box 1, Item 5

Scope and Contents 3/22 in New York; description of house and furnishings. 3/30 In Norfolk; explains travel from SC - NY - Va; again mentions playing chess. Went to NY on Arago. CTW's description of conditions of slavery on plantations. 4/3 News that Richmond has fallen, visit to Confederate soldiers in prison. 4/11 Lee's Surrender: glad the Yankees got Lee instead of Davis; went to church - reference to Daniel 11:30; the will of God, which must be endured, but gald others have died and won't see it, "worthlessness of presentiment" - she really didn't expect this, or so she says. 4/15 - Assassination of Lincoln and attack on Seward. Notes coincidence of Lincoln's having appointed that day (Good Friday) as day of Thanks for victories and his assassination (then excuses Lincoln because he probably wasn't Episcopalian and didn't intend to profane the day) still, his death on the day of celebration. - that it will somehow be of use to the South (doesn't approve of it) others fear it will somehow be blamed on the South and hurt them. 4/16 reports of speech of Lee to his troops - that he does not think the war over Mosby's intention to fight on. 4/19 demitilarization of Lee's army to give in worse than war - would renew it. Not a peace if it doen't end in independance for south. 4/30 surrender of Johnston. 5/22 death of her brother-in-law Horace Sims (sister Gay's husband) 5/27 Horace died from typhoid; Gay and her children to return to Norfolk. 5/29 two Union officers she met in SC call on her, question of disposition of slaves. 6/16 indictment of Lee and others. 6/30 disapproves of Southern girls marrying Yankee officers.

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

Series 1: Diaries of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene and Grace Latimer Whittle

Diaries of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene and one diary of Grace Latimer Whittle. Topics covered by the diaries include yellow fever epidemic, secession, Civil War, Reconstruction, travel, life in Norfolk, Virginia and marriage. Includes addition 1990.18 -- a photocopy of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene's diary from the Chesapeake Public Library.

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Whittle-Greene Papers 4.50 Linear Feet

Papers of Cloe Tyler Whittle Greene. Mostly diaries, 1855-1924, before and after her marriage to John Newport Greene. Also includes printed cards, photographs, verse, newspapers, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, and prints of colonial and Civil War figures. Topics covered by the diaries include secession, Civil War, Reconstruction, travel, life in Norfolk, Virginia and marriage.

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