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Ellen Adair was a sweet, somewhat silly 17-year-old and well into her second year at Hollins Institute when one day in January 1863, with the Civil War showing no sign of ending anytime soon, her father unexpectedly showed up to take her home. Ellen’s idyllic days as a Hollins student were ending, and fate held cards it had yet to show. Diary entries from the period show the impact of war on a formerly quiet part of the state.
Publication Date
1-2013
Keywords
Civil War, American South, Ellen Adair, Ellen Adair Waldo, Ellen Adair Gooch, Hollins Institute, Hollins College, Hollins University, College students, Women's history, Southwest Virginia, Virginia, Giles County Virginia, Family life, Archives, Diaries
Disciplines
Higher Education | Social History | United States History | Women's History
Recommended Citation
Darlene Richardson. "The Civil War in Southwest Virginia," Hollins Magazine 63, no. 3 (January-March 2013): 24-27
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Higher Education Commons, Social History Commons, United States History Commons, Women's History Commons
Comments
Ellen Adair attended Hollins 1860-1863 and her papers are held in the University Archives, Wyndham Robertson Library, Hollins University.