Yankees on the doorstep

By Debra Smith

Subjects: Family life, fiction, United states, history, civil war, 1861-1865, fiction, Louisiana, fiction, Diaries, fiction, Diaries, Fiction, Children's fiction, War, Juvenile fiction, History, Family life

Description: Sarah Morgan is a spirited twenty-year-old, loyal to the Confederacy, when Union forces arrive in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in 1862, forcing her and her family on a perilous journey to New Orleans. Includes excerpts from the actual diary on which the story is based.