Radio War Nerd EP 409 — The US Civil War, Part 16: Women's Civil War Diaries

Recorded: November 20, 2023 We return with a fresh installment of the War Nerd US Civil War series! This episode we do a general overview of women's civil war diaries, then focus on the diary of a border state YA genius in the making, Frances D. Peter (pictured above at age 3, circled). FIRST: We briefly survey the day's news in Argentina, Ukraine & northern Israel... At 24:00 - The Nerd discusses USW women's diaries... Books mentioned (and those to-be-discussed):-A Union Woman in Civil War Kentucky by Frances D. Peter-A Diary from Dixie Mary Boykin Chesnut-Another Year Finds Me in Texas by Vicki Adams Tongate-A Confederate Girl’s Diary by Sarah Morgan Dawson-Brokenburn: The Journal of Kate Stone-Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War by JW Macguire-The Triumph of Broken Promises: The End of the Cold War and the Rise of Neoliberalism by Fritz Bartel *LISTEN TO THE WAR NERD US CIVIL WAR COLLECTION HERE Total time: 1:10:43 Direct link to this episode's mp3 here * Subscribe to Radio War Nerd at patreon.com/radiowarnerd Sound production by Telescope Audio Check out the Radio War Nerd Merch store here! *Buy John Dolan's comic memoir "Pleasant Hell" now available in both audio and ebookformat.