Mary Catherine Noland Cochran Diary,1861-1865

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Title

Mary Catherine Noland Cochran Diary

Date

1861-1865

Repository

The Filson Historical Society Special Collections Louisville, Kentucky 40208 USA

Conditions Governing Access note

Open to researchers.

Preferred Citation Note

[Identification of item], Mary Catherine Noland Cochran Diary, 1861-1865, Special Collections, The Filson Historical Society, Louisville.

Extent

1 vol.

Scope and Content

Mary Catherine Noland Cochran of Middleburg (Va.) was the wife of Dr. William Baily Cochran who practiced medicine in Middleburg and Richmond during the U.S. Civil War. In her diary, 1861-1865, Mary Cochran discusses her experiences and views during the Civil War. Topics discussed include Union occupation, attitudes about African -Americans, Virginian attitudes about the war, medicine, first and second hand accounts of battles in Virginina and information and her feelings about various Civil War figures. John Mosby is mentioned throughout. Card file in repository

Subjects

• Geary, John White, 1819-1873.
• Grant, U.S. (Ulysses S.), 1822-1885.
• Jackson, Stonewall, 1824-1863.
• Lee, Robert E. (Robert Edward), 1807-1870.
• Libby Prison.
• Meade, George Gordon, 1815-1872.
• Mosby, John Singleton, 1833-1916.
• Stuart, Jeb, 1833-1864.
• Bull Run, 1st Battle of, Va., 1861.
• Bull Run, 2nd Battle of, Va. 1862.
• Petersburg, Crater, Battle of, Va., 1864.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Afro-Americans.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Campaigns.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Destruction and pillage.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Medical.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Participiatiion, Afro-American.
• United States-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865-- Prisoners and prisons.
• Virginia-- History-- Civil War, 1861-1865.