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  1. A descriptive entry about a wife of a rice planter during the Civil War. She discusses the issues she and her family endured during the war.
    date May 12, 1862map COLLETON, South Carolinatags Diary, Civil War, Wife

    Margaret Ann Meta Morris, (1810-1881) was the wife of a rice planter. She resided in coastal South Carolina with her family. She kept a personal diary in which she focused on topics such as her family being ill, historical events, plantation life, her children’s involvement in the Civil War, and her teaching efforts. The entry on May 12, 1862, describes what she endured while she and her family fled...

  2. African American Spies in the Civil War
    date September 14, 1863map COLLETON, South Carolinatags African-Americans, War

    William Stokes climbed to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel of the 4th South Carolina Cavalry unit while serving for the Confederate Army from January 1862 to April 1865. In his diary, Stokes highlighted the major events throughout his three-year term of enlistment in the Civil War. Specifically, he noted a number of occasions in which his regiment came in contact with both African American soldiers in...