Buckhead Heritage Book Club Meeting
May 13, 2020, at 7 p.m.
Free, but please register at www.BuckheadHeritage.com
"The War Outside My Window: The Civil War Diary of LeRoy Wiley Gresham, 1860-1865" will be discussed. LeRoy Wiley Gresham was born in 1847 to an affluent slave-holding family in Macon, Georgia. After a horrific leg injury left him an invalid, the educated, inquisitive, perceptive, and exceptionally witty 12-year-old began keeping a diary in 1860–just as secession and the Civil War began tearing the country and his world apart. He continued to write even as his health deteriorated until both the war and his life ended in 1865. His unique manuscript of the demise of the Old South has been lauded by the Library of Congress as one of its premier holdings. Buckhead Heritage Executive Director Richard Waterhouse will lead this discussion. The ID and other sign-in information for Zoom will be provided when you register.
