A Very Violent Rebel: The Civil War Diary of Ellen Renshaw House

Ellen Renshaw House was only nineteen years old in 1863 when she began a detailed journal of her experiences in Knoxville, Tennessee, during the turmoil of the Civil War.   As a document of the divided loyalties of the region and the daily effects of the war on civilians, this is a spirited and articulate firsthand account.  2009, 285 pages, soft cover.