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'''Sarah Ann Brock Putnam''' (March 18, 1831 – March 22, 1911) was an American ], best known for her ] ''Richmond During the War; Four Years of Personal Observation''. '''Sarah Ann Brock Putnam''' (March 18, 1831 – March 22, 1911), also known by her pen name '''Virginia Madison''',<ref>{{cite web |last1=Shields Driggs |first1=Sarah |last2=Dictionary of Virginia Biography |first2=The |title=Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911) – Encyclopedia Virginia |url=https://encyclopediavirginia.org/entries/brock-sarah-ann-1831-1911/ |website=Encyclopedia Virginia |access-date=January 28, 2022}}</ref> was an American author, best known for her memoir ''Richmond During the War; Four Years of Personal Observation''.


==Biography== ==Biography==
Sarah (], "Sallie") Ann Brock was born in ], ], on March 18, 1831. She was the daughter of Ansalem Brock and Elizabeth Beverley Buckner.<ref name=Frank490>{{Cite book|page=460|title=Women in the American Civil War|volume=1|author=Lisa Tendrich Frank|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096008}}</ref> Sarah (nickname, "Sallie") Ann Brock was born in ], on March 18, 1831. She was the daughter of Ansalem Brock and Elizabeth Beverley Buckner.<ref name=Frank490>{{Cite book|page=460|title=Women in the American Civil War|volume=1|author=Lisa Tendrich Frank|publisher=ABC-CLIO|date=2008|isbn=9781851096008}}</ref>


During the ], Brock lived with her family in ], the capital of the ]. In 1865, she moved to New York and began writing about her ]. During the ], Brock lived with her family in ], the capital of the ]. In 1865, she moved to New York and began writing about her ].


Brock's book, ''Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation'', was published in 1867 and described the social and economic upheaval of the residents of that city.<ref name=Frank490/> The book was based on her ] and notes of the period and contains details about incidents involving ], ], the sick and wounded, the reality of obtaining basic supplies, and other events the city, particularly in the last few weeks of the war.<ref> Brock's book, ''Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation'', was published in 1867 and described the social and economic upheaval of the residents of that city.<ref name=Frank490/> The book was based on her ] and notes of the period and contains details about incidents involving ], ], the sick and wounded, the reality of obtaining basic supplies, and other events the city, particularly in the last few weeks of the war.<ref>
{{Cite book|page=126|title=The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography|author=David J. Eicher|publisher=University of Illinois Press|date=1997|isbn=0-252-02273-4}}</ref> Brock soon edited a collection of ] and began writing ]s as well as a ].<ref>{{Cite book|page=229|title=The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood, 1865–1895|author=Jane Turner Censer|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=2003|isbn=0-8071-2907-0}}</ref> {{Cite book|page=126|title=The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography|author=David J. Eicher|publisher=University of Illinois Press|date=1997|isbn=0-252-02273-4}}</ref> Brock soon edited a collection of poetry and began writing ]s as well as a novel.<ref>{{Cite book|page=229|title=The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood, 1865–1895|author=Jane Turner Censer|publisher=Louisiana State University Press|date=2003|isbn=0-8071-2907-0}}</ref>


She married Rev. Richard Fletcher Putnam, M.A., of the Protestant Episcopal Church.<ref name="Bayne1907">{{cite book|last=Bayne|first=Howard Randolph|title=The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0obAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160|edition=Public domain|year=1907|publisher=Genealogical Association|pages=160–}}</ref> She married Rev. Richard Fletcher Putnam, M.A., of the Protestant Episcopal Church.<ref name="Bayne1907">{{cite book|last=Bayne|first=Howard Randolph|title=The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=h0obAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA160|edition=Public domain|year=1907|publisher=Genealogical Association|pages=160–|isbn=9780598622655}}</ref>


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American writer (1831–1911)
Sarah A. Brock Putnam

Sarah Ann Brock Putnam (March 18, 1831 – March 22, 1911), also known by her pen name Virginia Madison, was an American author, best known for her memoir Richmond During the War; Four Years of Personal Observation.

Biography

Sarah (nickname, "Sallie") Ann Brock was born in Madison County, Virginia, on March 18, 1831. She was the daughter of Ansalem Brock and Elizabeth Beverley Buckner.

During the American Civil War, Brock lived with her family in Richmond, Virginia, the capital of the Confederate States of America. In 1865, she moved to New York and began writing about her wartime experiences.

Brock's book, Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation, was published in 1867 and described the social and economic upheaval of the residents of that city. The book was based on her diaries and notes of the period and contains details about incidents involving refugees, prisoners of war, the sick and wounded, the reality of obtaining basic supplies, and other events the city, particularly in the last few weeks of the war. Brock soon edited a collection of poetry and began writing articles as well as a novel.

She married Rev. Richard Fletcher Putnam, M.A., of the Protestant Episcopal Church.

Selected works

  • Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation (1867)
  • The Southern Amaranth: A Carefully Selected Collection of Poems Growing out of and in Reference to the Late War (1869)
  • Kenneth, My King (1873)

References

  1. Shields Driggs, Sarah; Dictionary of Virginia Biography, The. "Sarah Ann Brock (1831–1911) – Encyclopedia Virginia". Encyclopedia Virginia. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  2. ^ Lisa Tendrich Frank (2008). Women in the American Civil War. Vol. 1. ABC-CLIO. p. 460. ISBN 9781851096008.
  3. David J. Eicher (1997). The Civil War in Books: An Analytical Bibliography. University of Illinois Press. p. 126. ISBN 0-252-02273-4.
  4. Jane Turner Censer (2003). The Reconstruction of White Southern Womanhood, 1865–1895. Louisiana State University Press. p. 229. ISBN 0-8071-2907-0.
  5. Bayne, Howard Randolph (1907). The Buckners of Virginia and the Allied Families of Strother and Ashby (Public domain ed.). Genealogical Association. pp. 160–. ISBN 9780598622655.

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