Diary of a Union Lady, 1861-1865

Maria Lydig Daly

Bison Books Edition (Originally published by Funk and Wagnalls, New York, 1962)

Published by University of Nebraska Press, Lincoln, 2000

ISBN: 0-8032-6623-5

You could be forgiven for thinking that this Union lady was the Desperate or Real Housewife of her day in the 1860s. Well-connected in New York City society, Daly had much to say about them - and other major figures, including Mrs Lincoln - during the American Civil War. As the blurb on the back of the book says:  'Rumour, gossip and innuendo are the weapons of the home front, and no one wielded them with quite the aplomb of Maria Lydig Daly.'  Worth a read for that alone.

 Softcover in very good condition, no internal markings. Very slight rubbing on the edge of the front cover. xi, 396pp. (13.5 x 20 cm).

 For sale by Priory Books, Warwickshire County Record Office's second hand book shop