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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1910s
History and Reminiscences of Denton County
Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed…
Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin“Pres. Davis and retaliation, Federal devastation Lincoln's war policy, exchange of prisoners.”
The First Shot at Fort Sumter“Extract from the unpublished diary. April 6-16, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A detailed description of Charleston and the events relating to the…
Fifty Years on the Road the Autobiography of a Traveling Salesman“Interesting chapters on "On the road during Civil War," "In War-tom Missouri," "Road incidents in the South and West."
Harmony Hall: Recollections of an Old Southern Home, 1852-1882.
Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of my Girlhood“Social life, plantation, New Orleans during War.”
A Southern Woman’s Heroism
War-Time Journal of a 'Little Rebell'“September 26, 1862-May 2, 1865. Near Courtland, Alabama. Excerpts from the diary of a young lady who began her writing on a plantation at age…
Raymond, Miss: In War Times“1861-1865. Raymond, Mississippi. Memories of childhood war years in a small Mississippi town.”