A Southern Girl in '61; the War-Time Memories of a Confederate Senator's Daughter
A Southern Girl in '61; the War-Time Memories of a Confederate Senator's Daughter
Wright, Louise Wigfall, 1846-1915
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"Christmas eve we went to see the Hood's Minstrels perform. One of the best performances was 'We are a band of brothers' sung by three make-believe darkies, dressed entirely in black, with tall black hats and crepe hatbands, looking more like a deputation from a corps of undertakers than anything else — and was intended, I suppose, as a burlesque upon Puritanism. At all events it was supremely ridiculous. ... I understand that several of the tailors in Charleston have com- mitted suicide lately..., driven to it by the ruinously low rates at which their wares (no pun intended) are now selling. They can only obtain two hun- dred and fifty dollars for a second lieutenant's uniform coat and pantaloons. Poor wretches! Digitized by Google THE WINTER OF '62-'6 3 117 They should bear their burdens with more patience, however, and remember that (according to the newspaper) the hardships of this war fall on all alike and must be endured by high and low, rich and poor, equally. I saw Col. Jenifer who told me he had met Papa and Mama at a party at Col.
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