United States, Georgia, Richmond County, Augusta, 33.47097, -81.97484Rohrer, Katherine E.2010-06-18Encyclopedia article about Ella Gertrude Clanton Thomas, the daughter and wife of Augusta planters. She is best known for the extensive journal she kept of her life before, during, and after the Civil War (1861-65).engForms part of the New Georgia Encyclopedia.http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/Forms part of the New Georgia EncyclopediaSlaveholders--Georgia--BiographyDiarists--Georgia--Augusta--History--19th centuryWomen authors--Georgia--Augusta--History--19th centuryElla Gertrude Clanton Thomas (1834-1907)Text