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Preferred Citation

Preferred citation: [Identification of item], Cornelia Peake McDonald Diary, WLU Coll. 0264, Special Collections and Archives, James G. Leyburn Library, Washington and Lee University, Lexington, VA.

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Processing Information

Blue sheet prepared by Betty Kondayan (January 15, 2002)

Biographical / Historical

Cornelia Peake McDonald was a housewife from Winchester, Virginia, who spent the last two years of the American Civil War in Lexington, Virginia.

Scope and Contents

This collection is a handwritten copy by Cornelia Peake McDonald of her 'A diary with reminiscences of the war', from March 1861-1865.

Subjects and Indexing Terms

• Diaries
• Personal narratives -- Confederate
• United States -- Shenandoah River Valley
• Virginia -- Lexington
• Virginia -- Winchester