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Experiences of a Soldier's Wife in the Civil War memoir
A faded 1890 typescript by Mary Middleton Orr chronicles her Civil War journey with her mother from Hendersonville to Knoxville. The narrative recounts near starvation, refugee life at the Bell House, and a reunion with her husband after efforts to secure loyalty passes and aid from Union supporters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mack Gillespie
Mary Middleton Orr
Kinson Middleton
Narcissus Beck Middleton
Mary Middleton
Robert Franklin Orr IV
Mary
Mary Orr
Transylvania County
Knoxville
Tennessee
Flat Creek
Jere Brittain
French Broad
Middleton
Father
Relief Society
Bell House
Main Street
Hendersonville
North Carolina
Cumberland Gap
Henderson
Maryville
Will
Mrs. Dial
Mr. Middleton
Mother
Robert F
Robert Franklin Orr
Beulah Baptist Church
Big Willow
Robert