A belle of the fifties : memoirs of Mrs. Clay of Alabama, covering social and political life in Washington and the South, 1853-66 /

This reissue of what has long been considered one of the finest female memoirs of the 19th-century South will provide a new generation of readers with a revealing and unusual perspective on the Civil War era. The author was born into the slaveholding elite and frequented the inner circles of Washing...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Clay-Clopton, Virginia, 1825-1915
Otros Autores: Sterling, Ada, -1939
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, ©1999.
Temas:
Clay-Clopton, Virginia, > 1825-1915.
Clay-Clopton, Virginia, > 1825-1915
1775-1899
HISTORY > State & Local.
Manners and customs
Southern States > Social life and customs > 1775-1865.
Washington (D.C.) > Social life and customs > 19th century.
United States > History > Civil War, 1861-1865 > Personal narratives, Confederate.
Confederate States of America > Social life and customs.
États-Unis > Histoire > 1861-1865 (Guerre de Sécession) > Récits personnels des confédérés.
Southern States
United States
United States > Confederate States of America
Washington (D.C.)
Zuidelijke staten.
Personal narratives
History
Personal narratives > Confederate
Herinneringen (vorm)
Personal narratives.
Récits personnels.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • I. Childhood, Girlhood, Marriage 3
  • II. Washington Personages in the Fifties 19
  • III. A Historic Congressional "Mess" 42
  • IV. The Cabinet Circles of the Pierce and Buchanan Administrations 58
  • V. Solons of the Capital 73
  • VI. Fashions of the Fifties 86
  • VII. The Relaxations of Congressional Folk 101
  • VIII. The Brilliant Buchanan Administration 114
  • IX. A Celebrated Social Event 126
  • X. Exodus of Southern Society from the Federal City 138
  • XI. War Is Proclaimed 153
  • XII. Richmond as a National Capital 168
  • XIII. Glimpses of our Beleaguered South Land 178
  • XIV. Refugee Days in Georgia 193
  • XV. C.C. Clay, Jr., Departs for Canada 203
  • XVI. The Departed Glories of the South Land 211
  • XVII. Conditions in 1863-'64 222
  • XVIII. The Death of Abraham Lincoln 235
  • XIX. C.C. Clay, Jr., Surrenders to General Wilson 246
  • XX. Prisoners of the United States 258
  • XXI. Return from Fortress Monroe 269
  • XXII. Reconstruction Days Begin 278
  • XXIII. News from Fortress Monroe 286
  • XXIV. Again in Washington 300
  • XXV. Secretary Stanton Denies Responsibility 307
  • XXVI. Mr. Holt Reports upon the Case of C.C. Clay, Jr. 317
  • XXVII. President Johnson Interposes 331
  • XXVIII. The Nation's Prisoners 345
  • XXIX. President Johnson Hears What the "People Say" 354
  • XXX. The Government Yields Its Prisoner 367.

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