Students will learn about the Civil War in Tennessee through the study of a diary written by a sixteen-year-old girl, Alice Williamson. Students will experience everyday life in Tennessee as the Civil War raged through the state. Students will research to find out about people and places mentioned in the diary. Additionally, students will research to learn about women's fashions of the Civil War era as well as to learn about women who fought in the Union and Confederate armies. This unit will help students achieve the 6-8 grade Social Studies Cluster standard 4 which states that students will exhibit an understanding of the dynamic interaction between human events and the state, region, or country in which they occur. Also, as stated in Goal 3 of this Standard, this unit will help students to explain the impact of the Civil War on Tennessee, its citizens, economy, and institutions.