[CIVIL WAR]. DAWSON, Sarah Morgan (1842-1909). A Confederate Girl's Diary. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Company, [1913]. 8vo. Illustrated. [442] pp. Publisher's full gray cloth, front board and spine stamped in white and green, publisher's dust jacket (cloth spine and corners rubbed and lightly bumped, some toning to endleaves and text, ownership inscription on fp.; jacket toned, soiled, edgeworn with several chips, creased tears). Very good. FIRST EDITION IN THE RARE DUST JACKET. This book details her and her family's experiences during the Civil War. Her family was wealthy and owned six slaves. Her diary ends with passages about the loss of her two brothers, the fall of the Confederacy, and Lincoln's Assassination (?Our Confederacy had gone with one crash ? the report of the pistol fired at Lincoln.") From the renowned personal collection of Dr. George D. Lacy. Measurements: 9 x 7x 2".