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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1880s
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Our Women in the War: An Address
“Husband of Sarah Morgan Dawson, an Englishman on Longstreet's staff.”
Major Hall's Wife: A Thrilling Story of the Life of a Southern Wife and Mother, While a Refugee in the Confederacy, During the Late Struggle
“Wife of Major Geoffrey Hall, Louisiana C.S.A., a refugee's life in Louisiana.”
My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as a Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front During the War of the Rebellion.
“Hospital scenes and work at the Sanitary Fairs captivated this war observer. Mrs. Livermore's activities were confined almost entirely to Chicago, Washington, and border towns. She made one trip down the Mississippi River and she gives some account…
Memorials of a Southern Planter
“Wartime portion of this fine recollection of Thomas Dabney and his family; Union occupation in Mississippi, refugee life in Macon, Georgia, and the sad but genteel poverty of a proud man after the war.”
Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences on an Alien in the
South During the American Civil War
“First, American edition. Watson, a Scotsman, emigrated to America a few years before the war and established a small business in Baton Rouge. Although a British subject, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on the outbreak of war.”
In War Time: Two Years in the Confederacy and Two Years North
“Reminiscences concerning Confederate and Virginia wartime politics.”
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…
