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Caroline Wells Healey Dall journal, 1862-1865, pages with entries for 6-8 August 1863
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Caroline Dall was an American feminist, essayist, and reformer who kept voluminous journals covering decades of her life. In entries dated 6-8 August 1863, she wrote of visiting members of Robert Gould Shaw's family and described how his parents and sisters coped with news of his death at the Battle of Fort Wagner.