“They brought me a Yankee soldier’s portfolio from the battle-field. One might shed tears over some of the letters. Women, wives and mothers, are the same everywhere.”
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from the diary of Mary Chestnut after the First Battle of Bull Run in July 1861, during the American Civil War.
She was a well-connected Confederate woman, and while her writings are understandably partisan, she reflected many universal thoughts and feelings during the war.
