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  1. A Five-Year-Old Girl Meets her Confederate Father
    date May, 1863 to August, 1863map SUMTER, South Carolinatags Civil War, Slavery, Family and Home Life, Military, Food/Provisions

    Mrs. Doane remembers the hard work that had to be done on her South Carolina plantation while her father was away at war.  Though they never saw any Yankees, Confederate soldiers were frequent guests at the Cumming’s home.  Ragged and half-starved, these desperate soldiers took full liberties to raid their provisions, passing in hordes and killing their chickens.  Mrs. Cummings, however, did not...