A Confederate Girl's Diary

Both Caroline Cowels and Sarah Morgan have reflected on a historical time when America was experiencing civil war in their books, Village life in America and A Confederate girl’s Diary respectively. While Sarah Morgan’s family was directly involved in the civil strife through Confederacy, Caroline had and the family had been keen followers of what is was happening in the political realms of America. It is quite amazing how these female individuals took interest in matters pertaining to politics at the time when women were deemed voiceless in the society. Despite the various similarities between these two diaries, this essay asserts that Sarah Morgan in A Confederate girl’s Diary suffered two more consequences of the civil war than her counterpart, Caroline Cowels. …show more content…
Neither of them had been in the company of both parents. As such, they speak from a point of destitution, without the support or intervention of their fathers. Caroline, for instance, lives with her grandparents. As young as she was, she was suffering the neglection of her father. The old grandparents were left to take care of the young girls. Caroline confirms this when she said, “Grandfather came into the hall and asked if any bones were broken and if he should send for a doctor” (Cowels, 1). This is a confirmation that the grandfather had taken over the roles of the parents. Sarah, in this context, depended on her brothers a lot. When she heard about the death of George she cried, “George, our sole hope- our sole dependence” (Dawson,