Virginia Clay-Clopton Leah Rawls Atkins Sara A. Hudson
This memoir of a remarkable southern woman gives us an unusual eyewitness account of events in Washington and Richmond before, during, and after the Civil War.
Raised in Alabama and married to a U.S. congressman, Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopton always showed more interest in politics than in household duties. Her memoirs, covering the tumultuous period from 1853 to 1866, provide an insider's look at national and southern politics as she traveled with her husband, Clement Claiborne Clay, to Washington, D.C., and then on to Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, where he served...
This memoir of a remarkable southern woman gives us an unusual eyewitness account of events in Washington and Richmond before, during, and after th...
Virginia Clay-Clopton Leah Rawls Atkins Sara A. Hudson
This memoir of a remarkable southern woman gives us an unusual eyewitness account of events in Washington and Richmond before, during, and after the Civil War.
Raised in Alabama and married to a U.S. congressman, Virginia Tunstall Clay-Clopton always showed more interest in politics than in household duties. Her memoirs, covering the tumultuous period from 1853 to 1866, provide an insider's look at national and southern politics as she traveled with her husband, Clement Claiborne Clay, to Washington, D.C., and then on to Richmond, the capital of the Confederacy, where he...
This memoir of a remarkable southern woman gives us an unusual eyewitness account of events in Washington and Richmond before, during, and after th...
