Earlier today I saw Mari Byers' note about the site of the diary mentioned above. I went to the site, just intending to do a quick "Control F" to look for my surnames, but made the mistake of reading a couple of entries and got hooked. Mari, thanks so much for mentioning this. Although I didn't find any of my relatives (that I know of), I did find the solution to a little family mystery. On two different dates the diary mentions someone being referred to as a "secessesh" or a "sesesh". My great grandfather was known to everyone in the family as "Sash" a nickname he had gotten when he was a little boy during the civil war. Supposedly he was picked up by a group of Yankee soldiers when he was about 8 or 9 years old, who wanted to know his name and what he knew about Southern soldiers hiding in the woods. All he would tell them was "seesash", even though, the story goes, they held his bare bottom over an open fire. After that, he was known as Sash, but evidentially none of the grandkids ever asked why! For the past few years we have speculated different things he might have meant, but after reading Ms. Carney's diary, I now know...and I also know it was a commonly used term in the area at the time. Thanks so much again for sharing the site. I really enjoyed the read about such a spirited young lady and was sorry when the diary ended. Melissa in Colorado (with the Tennessee Roots!)