Born in New Orleans, Louissianna, The United States February 28, 1842 Died: May 05, 1909 Genre: Biographies & Memoirs, Diaries, History Nineteenth-century Louisiana writer Sarah Morgan Dawson is best known for the diary she kept during the Civil War. From March 1862 until April 1865, Dawson chronicled her thoughts and experiences, providing one of the most detailed accounts of civilian life in wartime Louisiana. A gifted storyteller, Dawson recorded her feelings about the Confederacy, war, politics, refugee life, and women’s place in society against the backdrop of Louisiana’s invasion and occupation by Union troops. Though Dawson originally asked that her six-volume diary be destroyed upon her death, she later willed it to her son Warrington. In 1913, he arranged to have the first four volumes published as A Confederate Girl’s Diary. The diary was later edited by Charles East and published in its entirety in 1991. Dawson’s correspondence with her future husband, Francis Warrington Dawson, has also been published. Citation: Roberts, Giselle. "Sarah Morgan Dawson," KnowLA Encyclopedia of Louisiana. Ed. David Johnson. 24 Jun. 2012. Louisiana Endowment for the Humanities. 01 Jun. 2011 Less