A Womans Wartime Journal, Dolly Sumner Lunt
A Womans Wartime Journal, Dolly Sumner Lunt
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A Woman's Wartime Journal

Author: Dolly Sumner Lunt

Narrator: Emily Foster

Unabridged: 47 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Ink and Marble

Published: 03/08/2026


Synopsis

One womans private record becomes a vivid window into a nation at war.A Womans Wartime Journal by Dolly Sumner Lunt draws you into a firsthand Civil War diary set in Georgia, told with immediacy and intimate detail. Through a civilians eyes, this personal narrative captures the tension of daily life when familiar routines collide with uncertainty, scarcity, and fear. The journal offers a grounded sense of place, pairing the texture of home and plantation life with the looming presence of military movement.Listeners who value primary sources and lived experience will find an absorbing work of American history and Southern history, rich with observation and emotional honesty. The writing brings forward the realities of wartime on the home front, the moral complexity of a divided country, and the resilience required to endure upheaval. This historical journal stands out as a compelling piece of women in history, war memoir, and Civil War memoir, offering perspective that official reports cannot provide.Step into this unforgettable historical diary and hear the Civil War as it is felt day by day. Start listening now.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Joanna on February 20, 2015

This is a slender book. A first hand account by a woman slave holder on the Civil war. It is moving and interesting.......more

Goodreads review by Nancy on March 04, 2017

A concise journal of a plantation, "Burge," in Covington, GA in 1864 and the experience of Sherman's army passing by the farm during the Civil war. As told by Dolly Lunt Lewis, wife of Thomas Burge. We visited this plantation recently, still intact and an operating facility for weddings, etc.......more

Goodreads review by Allen on December 05, 2014

Interesting as a historical document, but take it with some salt; it is, of course, strongly biased by the author's viewpoint.......more