Architects of Our Fortunes: The Journal of Eliza A.W.Otis, 1860-1863, with Letters and Civil War Journal of Harrison Gray Otis Eliza A.W. Otis
This book publishes for the first time the Civil War writings of Eliza Ann and Harrison Gray Otis -- he a young printer who joined the Union Army in 1861, she a poet and teacher who travelled alone through the upper South to keep in touch with her husband. Her diary draws a rich, highly readable portrait of a young newlywed who is representative of the women of her era.