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The Freedmen of Port Royal
“March 25 to May 10, 1862. Port Royal and Beaufort area. South Carolina. A Northern visitor describes the efforts to educate former slaves from the Sea Islands at Port Royal.”
The Iron Furnace: or, Slavery and Secession.
“A highly colored description of events in northeast Mississippi from the eve of the war through the arrest of the author for pro-Yankee statements.”
The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina
“Preface: "was originally published in the New York Watchman."
The McDonalds; or, The Ashes of Southern Homes. A Tale of Sherman's March
“May be fiction, reviewed in THE LAND WE LOVE, III (1867), 270-272.”
The Rival Administrations: Richmond and Washington in December 1863
“Rare pamphlet, printed on coarse paper, only a portion of "Third year of War," printed in Richmond, attacks both Lincoln and Pres. Davis. See: Alex. St. Clair Abrams' Review of Pollard’s "Rival Administration."
The Soldier’s Friend; Being a Thrilling Narrative of Grandma Smith's Four Years Experience and Observation, as Matron, in the Hospitals of the South, During the late Disastrous conflict in America
“This book was published to show the horrors of war and to discourage any repetition. Nevertheless, it is more concerned with traveling from one hospital to another, by discussing the general progress of the war, and with recording many conversations…
The South As It Is: or, Twenty-One Years' Experience in the Southern States of America
“Most of this book is concerned with a factual discussion of the South; only the last three of its sixteen chapters deal with the author's personal experiences. The Reverend Ozanne was an Englishman who became a resident of the South in 1841 as an…