Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War

Acknowledgments

265 Acknowledgments a number of people unselfishly helped me “fill in the blanks” in preparing this new edition. Michael D. gorman, a national Park Service historian, knows more about the residents of Civil War Richmond than anyone who ever lived. he enthusiastically pinpointed elusive figures, many of whom i had considered unidentifiable. for Mike’s painstaking research, i am extremely grateful. Likewise go genuine thanks to Ben Ritter, the leading source for material on Winchester-frederick County in the Civil War. once again, a treasured friend came often to my aid. Philip W. Shepard of falls Church, Virginia, graciously made available a printed copy of the diary in which Mrs. Mcguire herself identified in the margins several individuals she mentioned. to others who answered queries—John M. Coski, William C. Davis, graham t. Dozier, De Shield fisher, Shirley haas, Ruth Lincoln Kaye, ann Robinson King, Matthew Krough, amy D. McDonald, William Poindexter Moore Jr., Julia Randle, Christopher M. Sullivan, and edward t. Wenzel—i extend genuine thanks. acknowledgment and appreciation go to the Virginia historical Society for permission to add here a photograph of Mrs. Mcguire in her last years. This republication first appeared serially in William C. Davis and James i. Robertson Jr., eds., Virginia at War, 1861–1865, 5 vols. (Lexington: university Press of Kentucky, 2005–2010). The press, especially director Stephen M. Wrinn and copyeditor Robin DuBlanc, could not have been more helpful in the production of this annotated edition of Judith Mcguire’s diary. ...