Author: Emilie E. Palmer
Date: 16 September 1861
Location: Emilie E. Palmer 1859 Diary, Record Group 19/2, Oberlin College Archives
Document Type: Autograph Document
Introduction:
This passage encompasses the feelings of desperation and hopelessness the Civil War stimulated. Although lacking great detail, this diary passage summarizes Palmer’s growing dread and sadness about the Civil War and its outcomes.
Document Text:
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William went with the company1 to camp this afternoon; he felt very bad when the time came to say goodbye. This war is beginning to seem to me a dreadful, sad reality, when will it end and what will the ending be?
Transcribed by Hannah Cohen
1Company C.
