Tim Sheehan

Historian, Writer

Tim Sheehan’s Works about Judith McGuire's Diary of a Southern Refugee during the War


“Economy Rules the Day:” The Civil War Sacrifices of Judith Walker McGuire

Judith Walker McGuire wholeheartedly supported the Confederacy during the Civil War. She made various patriotic contributions to the war effort as noted in her Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War. What were the contributions McGuire made during the war? Did such activities comply with gender roles of Southern society? How did wartime economics prevent McGuire from becoming the ideal Confederate female patriot?

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Overshadowed: The Value of Judith McGuire’s Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War

How do Civil War and women’s history scholars regard Judith McGuire’s Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War? What sources overshadow the Diary of a Southern Refugee During the War?

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About This Site

Image of Captain William Smith House, at Minuteman National Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts

Photo: Captain William Smith House, at Minuteman National Park, Lincoln, Massachusetts, taken by the author, August 2017.

I created this website in 2006 to share various papers I have authored. This site has not been peer-reviewed. All are for your review. Should you find that I have made any mistakes, please feel free to contact me via e-mail. I assure you that I have made every effort to properly cite my sources.

Most of the history content on this site first appeared from 2006 through 2015 on historynut.info (link goes to saved versions on The Internet Archive Wayback Machine). From 2016 to 2018, my works were hosted on timthehistorynut.com (another link to the Internet Archive Wayback Machine). In October 2018, I decided to rebrand, and created timsheehan.info.

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