Background
Hain was born on September 14, 1936 in Washington, D. C., United States; the daughter of Richard and Judith Wragg Chase.
Syracuse, New York, United States
Syracuse University
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A Confederate Chronicle presents the remarkable life of Thomas L. Wragg, who served in both the Confederate army and navy and endured incarceration as a prisoner of war. After the war, he undertook a series of jobs, eventually becoming a physician. In 1889, he died tragically at the hands of a man who mistakenly thought he was defending his family’s honor. Pamela Chase Hain uses Wragg’s letters home to his family, friends, and fiancée, as well as his naval notebook and newspaper articles, to give readers direct insight into his life and the lives of those around him. The son of a respected Savannah physician, Wragg was born into a life of wealth and privilege. A nonconscripted soldier, he left home at eighteen to join the front lines in Virginia. From there, he sent letters home describing the maneuverings of General Joseph E. Johnston’s army in and around Harpers Ferry and Winchester, culminating with the Battle of Bull Run. In the fall of 1862, Wragg joined the Confederate Navy and trained on the ironclad CSS Georgia before transferring to the CSS Atlanta. Hain uses the notebook that he kept during his training in ordnance and gunnery to provide a rare glimpse into the naval and artillery practices at the time. This notebook also provides evidence of a fledgling Confederate naval “school” prior to the one established on the James River on the CSS Patrick Henry. The crew of the unfortunate Atlanta was captured on the ship’s maiden voyage, and evidence in the Wragg family papers suggests the capture was not the result of bad luck, as has been claimed. Wragg and the other officers were sent to Fort Warren Prison in Boston Harbor for fifteen months. Wragg’s POW letters reveal the isolation and sense of abandonment the prisoners felt as they waited in hopes of an exchange. The correspondence between Wragg and his fiancée, Josie, after the war illustrates not only the mores of nineteenth-century courtship but also the difficulty of adjustment that many Confederate war veterans faced. Sadly, Wragg’s life was cut short after he became a successful doctor in Quincy, Florida. Cover-up and intrigue by influential citizens prevented Wragg’s wife from bringing the murderer to justice. A Confederate Chronicle offers an unprecedented look at how the Civil War affected the gentry class of the South. It gives readers a personal view into one man’s struggle with the chaos of life during and after the war, as well as into the struggles of the general society.
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2005
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Follow the transformation of Robert Augustus Alston from a nineteenth-century slave owner and white supremacist to crusader for reform in the treatment of mostly black convicts in post-war Georgia. In his own words, Alston went to war to defend his ownership of slaves. During the Civil War, Alston served under General John Hunt Morgan initially as his adjutant and later in command of a brigade. In 1864, his strong sense of honor caused him to become disillusioned by the robberies and depredations of Morgan s troops and he reported Morgan to authorities for not investigating them. Following the Civil War, Alston became a cotton farmer using freedmen, practiced law, sold insurance, and then became an editor and owner of the Atlanta Herald. He was responsible for bringing the later famous journalist Henry Grady to the newspaper. Alston was also very active in politics and the efforts to bring the Democrats back to power. In 1878 as a state representative from DeKalb County, he became chairman of the penitentiary committee. Reporting on the deplorable conditions in the convict camps that were leased by private companies Alston thus became the first man in Georgia to expose the enormities of the convict lease system. The owners included the most powerful men in the State former governor Joseph Brown, the acting governor Alfred Colquitt, and senator and later governor John Gordon. As a result of his exposé, Alston s life was threatened. Intrigue, bribery, and murder silenced Alston just as he was poised to become one of Georgia s most influential leaders. While his efforts did not result in abolishing the system immediately, he is credited with beginning its eventual demise.
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2013
Hain was born on September 14, 1936 in Washington, D. C., United States; the daughter of Richard and Judith Wragg Chase.
Hain received a Bachelor of Arts from Syracuse University in 1958. Four years later she earned her Master of Arts in Russian literature and language from Russian Institute at Columbia University.
Hain began her career as an intelligence analyst at the Central Intelligence Agency in 1962 and held it for six years. There she translated Russian documents into English and developed a system that took coded and classified information from card files and stored it in a computer.
Also she served as a photographic technician at the Central Intelligence Agency from 1975 to 1978. Hain is a sought-after speaker on the Civil War. She is the auhor of books, including "Murder in the State Capitol: The Biography of Lieutenant Colonel Robert Augustus Alston (1832-1879)" and "A Confederate Chronicle: The Life of a Civil War Survivor".
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2005Hain is a member of American Association of the History Society, Writers' Guild, Georgia History Society and Morgans Men Association.
On November 23, 1963 Pamela Hain married Peter M. Hain. They have 2 children.