'Mystery' diary illuminates Civil War-era life in Tennessee

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'Mystery' diary illuminates Civil War-era life in Tennessee
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Jill Cowan, [email protected] 10:02 p.m. CST December 8, 2015
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(Photo: Shelley Mays / The Tennessean)

Its marble-printed cardboard cover made the journal look ordinary — like something you could pick up at Barnes and Noble today — hiding the brittle, yellowing pages covered with fine script inside.

A penciled inscription on the front page was retired science teacher Andrea Shearn's only clue to its origins.

More: http://www.tennessean.com/story/new...e/76579092/?from=global&sessionKey=&autologin
 

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Can you give a little information about the diary and who had it? The Tennessean won't let me access their site unless I subscribe and they "start" at $12 a month, which is too much.
 
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