A Confederate Louisiana Woman Reacts to the Surrender of Lee & Death of Lincoln
Life on the Civil War Research Trail
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Sarah Fowler Morgan, a resident of Baton Rouge and New Orleans during the war years, remained loyal to the Confederacy through its trials and tribulations. In April 1865, she shared her feelings about the surrender by Gen. Robert E. Lee of his army and the assassination of President Abraham Lincoln.
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