IN 1860 AND 1861, WHILE WORKING IN HER FATHER'S LIGHTHOUSE ON AN ISLAND OFF THE COAST OF DELAWARE, FIFTEEN YEAR OLD AMELIA RECORDSIN HER DIARY HOW THE CIVIL WARE IS BEGINNING TO DEVASTATE HER DIVIDED STATE.
THE CIVIL WAR DIARY OF AMELIA MARTIN, FENWICK ISLAND, DELAWARE, 1861