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Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1880s

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Dalton During the Winter of 1863-64

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Dalton GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1884, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:war experience, ts:memory

Echoes from hospital and White House

Tags: loc:Washington D.C., su:abraham lincoln, su:camp hospital, su:medical, su:religion

Evacuation of Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1885, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

From Flag to Flag: A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South During the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba

“Mrs. Ripley and her husband lived on a Mississippi River plantation four miles below Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the fall of New Orleans and the fighting around Baton Rouge, the Ripley’s fled to Texas. Sending some of their slaves ahead, they set…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc::Mexico, loc:Cuba, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1889, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

History of the Civil War in America

Tags: au:French, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1875, su:foreign, su:France, su:observer, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

In the Wake of Battle: A Woman's Recollections of Shepherdstown During Antietam Week

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Antietam, loc:Shepherdstown WV, loc:West Virginia, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

In War Time: Two Years in the Confederacy and Two Years North

“Reminiscences concerning Confederate and Virginia wartime politics.”

Tags: era:1850s, era:1860s, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, su:political, su:prison, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

Leaves From a Diary Kept by a Lady; During the Occupation of Winchester, Va., by the Federal Troops, Under General Milroy

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, loc:Winchester VA, pd:1883, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Letter from a Virginia Lady to the Federal Commander at Winchester, Va.

“1863-1864. Clarke County, Virginia. A contemporary letter describes life in the Shenandoah Valley in the midst of Yankee raids.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1880, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letters from a Chaplain in the War of 1861, Part 1

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Fort Pickens Fl, loc:Pensacola Beach FL, milt:16th New York Volunteers, pd:1887, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:religion, su:union, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

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