Manuscript Database
Creator/Title
Green, Susa Thornton, 1841-1933. Journal, 1857-1862. 1 volume.
Call No.
Mss. A G798b
Content
Susanna "Susa" Thornton Green's journal documents the life of a young woman in Kentucky coming of age in the years leading up to the Civil War. Although the commencement of the Civil War does not seem to greatly influence Green's daily life, she does write about her sympathy for the Southern cause. She also remarks on the death of a Union soldier named Simpson Stout and becomes involved in a sewing project to provide shirts for Confederate prisoners. Green lived on a farm near New Liberty, Ky.; the family moved to Louisville in 1861. Her father was Norvin Green (1818-1893).