Architects of Our Fortunes : The Journal of Eliza A.W.Otis, 1860-1863, with Letters and Civil War Journal of Harrison Gray Otis

This book publishes for the first time the Civil War writings of Eliza Ann and Harrison Gray Otis -- he a young printer who joined the Union Army in 1861, she a poet and teacher who travelled alone through the upper South to keep in touch with her husband. Her diary draws a rich, highly readable portrait of a young newlywed who is representative of the women of her era.