Dolly Sumner Lunt

By kay_miller

  • Dolly's friend Major Ansley, is wounded in the Battle of Missionary Ridge and he is not getting better.

    Battle of Missionary Ridge
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    Dolly Sumner Lunt Timeline.

  • Dolly writes about the raiders in Social Circle.(a near by town) they burned buildings around the Depot there

    Sherman's march to sea

  • Garrard's raid in Covington, GA where he burned a depot, a new hospital center, over 2000 bales of cotton, animals, and burned 2000 bales of cotton.

    Garrard's Calvary Raid

  • Report that the Yankess had left Covington for Macon, it was headed by Stoneman, to relese prisoners that were held there.

    George Stoneman

  • Yankees come to her house. They also have a prisoner with them. They stayed at her house and made her do stuff for them. After they left, they took some of her animals.

    Civil War prisons

  • Some people from Major General Joseph Wheeler came to Dolly's house asking if she had seen their army pass.

    Major General Joseph Wheeler

  • November 8th would decide the fate of the Confederacy if Lincoln was reelected.

    Lincoln Reelected

  • Dolly went to Covington to pay a Confederate tax.

    Confederate Tax

  • Union soldiers raid confederate homes, steal things from them, sleep in their homes.

    Union Soldiers

  • Sherman raids Dolly's plantation. They steal and kill her livestock, take her slaves, wreck her garens and burn her buildings.

    Shermans March

  • Dolly heard that Savannah had been evacuated. 10,000 confederate soldiers defending it.

    General Sherman arrives in Savannah, GA

  • During christmas, Dolly and her slaves were sad. There were not presents for anyone. Dolly was sad because her family wasn't with her. It was sad for everyone.

    Christmas during the Civil War

  • Dolly hears that General Lee surrendered to General Grant in Appomattox on April 9th.

    Surrender at Appomattox

  • Dolly writes about the month of April 1865 will never be forgotten. five day after General Lee surrendered, President Lincoln was assassinated.

    Lincoln's Assassination

  • Dolly had company at her house everyday of the week. The soldiers were finding their way back home after the war ended.

    Civil War soldiers returning home

  • Dolly writes about God and thanks him for blessing her during the war.

    Religion in the Civil War