![]() ![]() ![]() Sisters in Selma, Alabama (where Emily gave birth to her son in May 1862), sometimesīoarding with others or living in hotels. Emily and her daughters followed him South, sometimes staying with her Was called, joined the Confederate army and was eventually made a brigadier Helm, were living in Louisville, Kentucky when the war broke out. Just a few weeksĪfter this letter was written, she got her wish and was making her preparationsĮmily Todd Helm and her husband, lawyer Benjamin Hardin As this letter and others makeĬlear, she was unhappy with this arrangement and was eager to secure anĪppointment to serve in one of the Confederacy’s hospitals. ![]() War in Marietta, Georgia, close to Atlanta. Widowed and childless, Phoebe returned to live with her parents, who spent the Before the war, she married Thomas Pember, a Bostonian, whoĭied of consumption in Aiken, South Carolina, in July 1861, only thirty-six. Phoebe was born to Jacob and Fanny Levy in Charleston, SouthĬarolina, in 1823. ![]()
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