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Josie Underwood: The Civil War-Era Socialite Who Owned Slaves, Hated Lincoln, and Loved the Union

Published: Aug. 16, 2022, 6:30 a.m.

A well-educated, outspoken member of a politically prominent family in Bowling Green, Kentucky, Josie Underwood (1840\u20131923) left behind one of the few intimate accounts of the Civil War written by a southern woman sympathetic to the Union. This vivid...