Nancy Draves Ed (3 results)
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Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: fine. First edition. First printing. Fine, fresh, unused copy in equally fine dust jacket. Hardcover. xxxiv+ 128 pp. with index. Illustrations and two maps.The diary chronicles Kitty's trials and observations during a harrowing period between September 29 and November 30, 1861.…In this book, the diary is appended by an extensive introductory section of background "Settling in Civil War Texas" by Draves. Kitty Anderson was the daughter of a prominent San Antonio resident and vocal Union Army supporter, Col. Charles Anderson. Following the Texas vote to seceed, the federal garrison was surrendered. Col. Anderson attempted to flee but was caught and arrested by Texas Confederate soldiers. Kitty and the rest of her family fled to Matamoros via Brownsville where they boarded a ship. The Colonel escaped, made his way across the Rio Grande and into Monterrey and later reunited with his family in Vera Cruz.
