#nonfiction#history#hardcover#CivilWar This unique pair of diaries offers an unforgettable view of the life of the average Northern family coping with the dangers and tensions of war. Rachel and Samuel Cormany both kept diaries that recount, from their different perspectives, their courtship and marriage, the birth of their first child and life on the Northern side during the Civil War. Owner’s library impression is on the title page.