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    Eyewitness to War

    Jan 01, 2022 2 minutes
    by Cynthia Overbeck Bix

    Editor’s Note: The quotes in this article are from Carrie Berry’s journal. The journal provides a first-hand account of how civilians survived the trauma of war. The original manuscript is in the Atlanta History Center Library/Archives in Atlanta, Georgia. Misspellings have been left intact.

    On August 11, 1864, 10-year-old Carrie Berry wrote in her diary, “How I wish the federals would quit

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