{"product_id":"ebb-tide-as-seen-through-the-diary-of-josephine-clay-habersham-1863-9780820334479","title":"Ebb Tide: As Seen Through the Diary of Josephine Clay Habersham, 1863","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1958, \u003ci\u003eEbb Tide\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of the Habersham family of Savannah during the Civil War. In her diary and her \"Letter Book,\" Josephine Habersham, tells her own story and that of her three sons; one who fought in Fredericksburg, another who contemplated hiring a substitute to avoid combat, and a third who was just old enough to help defend the coast at Fort McAllister. The diary begins and ends in 1863, the year of Gettysburg, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and the stubborn resistance at Fort Sumter. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn addition to the writings of Josephine Clay Habersham, Spencer Bidwell King Jr. carries the reader back to the beginnings of the family and continues the narrative to the time when Sherman captures Savannah, and the Water Witch sinks in the ebbing tide of the Vernon River, near \"Avon,\" the family mansion at White Bluff.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJosephine Clay Habersham (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e JOSEPHINE CLAY HABERSHAM (1821-1893) was a member of a prominent, politically active family whose members had been established in Georgia since before the American Revolution. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eSpencer Bidwell King Jr. (Editor) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e SPENCER BIDWELL KING JR. (1904-1977) was a professor of history and chairman of the history department at Mercer University. He was editor of \u003ci\u003eRebel Lawyer: The Letters of Theodorick W. Montfort, 1861-1862\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEbb Tide: As Seen through the Diary of Josephine Clay Habersham, 1863\u003c\/i\u003e (both Georgia). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"University of Georgia Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50872886493458,"sku":"9780820334479","price":26.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_da3b6961-10ca-4237-9966-ff3cd8e0bb4e.jpg?v=1737914421","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/ebb-tide-as-seen-through-the-diary-of-josephine-clay-habersham-1863-9780820334479","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}