A Woman's Wartime Journal: An Account of the Passage Over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea as Recorded in the Diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt

Download or read book A Woman's Wartime Journal: An Account of the Passage Over a Georgia Plantation of Sherman's Army on the March to the Sea as Recorded in the Diary of Dolly Sumner Lunt written by Dolly Sumner Lunt and published by Library of Alexandria. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 41 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dolly Sumner Lunt, originally from New England, married Thomas Burge and settled on his plantation near Covington, Georgia. When Burge died in the 1850s, he left Dolly with the plantation and over 100 slaves. Lunt's account of Sherman's army crossing her land offers a unique perspective as she was a woman, a land owner and a Northerner.