A Promise Fulfilled: The Kitty Anderson Diary and Civil War Texas, 1861

Kitty Andersons diary is unique not only for chronicling her trials and observations during the harrowing days between September 29 and November 30, 1861-it also contains a later account written by Kitty describing her father's escape from the Confederates. The strength of this appended text, along with the first-person diary itself, lies in Kitty's gifted prose and her willingness to catalogue-all her experiences, including the names of those she encountered, the dates, and the places. A Promise Fulfilled is an important artifact of Civil War Texas and illuminates the diversity of viewpoints held by Texans on the issues of secession, slavery, and what it truly meant to be a patriot.