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- Sep 8, 2012
I've explored women's experiences in western states during the Civil War, Kansas, Missouri, Texas, Arkansas, but have had trouble finding accounts from Mississippi that didn't center only on Vicksburg, Then, I came across Mary Smith Dabney, who left us a story of going to Jackson to pick up supplies that General Grant made available to the local people.
Mary Smith Dabney was the daughter of a local judge in Raymond, which was the county seat of Hinds County, where Jackson is located. Her father had served as probate judge both before and during the Civil War. Mary was one of 10 siblings who lived in a rambling house in Raymond with her parents, Augustine and Elizabeth Dabney. There of her brothers joined the Confederate Army. Mary Dabney Ware would travel extensively in her later life and a last chapter of a book on her travels would recount her Civil War experiences.
Mary Smith Dabney Ware
Mary Smith Dabney was the daughter of a local judge in Raymond, which was the county seat of Hinds County, where Jackson is located. Her father had served as probate judge both before and during the Civil War. Mary was one of 10 siblings who lived in a rambling house in Raymond with her parents, Augustine and Elizabeth Dabney. There of her brothers joined the Confederate Army. Mary Dabney Ware would travel extensively in her later life and a last chapter of a book on her travels would recount her Civil War experiences.
Mary Smith Dabney Ware