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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.”
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.”
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.”
Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia
“From an old manuscript of a country place in Maryland.”
Women, or, Chronicles of the late war
“Women's work in the war laid around Winchester-Richmond.”
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri "Bushwhacker," Being His Complete Confession
“A fascinating account of guerrilla warfare in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War. Hildebrand was a Southern partisan who claimed he only took to the field after several relatives were murdered by Federals. He conducted a…
The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas
"Fall of 1865. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This very perceptive description of three defeated states originated as a series of letters from a reporter for the Boston Daily Advertiser and the Chicago Tribune. American Culture…