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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1870s
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The Cradle of the Confederacy; or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey. A Sketch of Southwestern Political History from the Formation of the Federal Government to A.D. 1861.
“Montgomery attorney describes events of secession and first months of the war. Maintains that Northern leaders drove the SW states to secession. Between 1850-1860.”
Memoir of Rev. Samuel B. McPheeters
“Although the work of a Presbyterian minister in St. Louis, this is a valuable insight into the difficulties of life in Border State during the War.”
Columbus, Geo., From its Selection as a "Trading Town" in 1827 to its Partial Destruction by Wilson's Raid, in 1865
“Martin was editor of Columbus Enquirer.”
Sketches of My Life in the South
“Account of the capture of Fort Sumter by the Union forces. Worked for CSA inside the fort, when taken. A slave in the Singleton family of South Carolina.”
Richmond, Virginia: The Evacuation of the City and the Days Preceding It
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia, and route of Confederate evacuees. An eyewitness account of the fall of Richmond and the flight southward”
Seven Decades of the Union: the Humanities and Materialism
“1861-January 18, 1862. Virginia. The last two chapters of this proud Virginian's reminiscences describe his state's role in the creation of the CSA.”
