Browse Items (155 total)
- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
Life in Richmond, 1863-1865“1863-1865. Richmond, Virginia. A former Ordinance Bureau officer remembers the realities of the war years in the Confederate capital.”
Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist: His Letters, Papers, and Speeches“Good collection of Davis materials, now being replaced by Papers of Jefferson Davis.”
Jasper County, Missouri, in the Civil War.“Missouri Guerrillas, Price's and Shelby's Raids, etc.”
In Winter Quarters of Dalton, Ga“1863. North Georgia. The strain of winter without adequate supplies and religion in the ranks.”
Illium in Flames“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. A collection of descriptions of the destruction of the South Carolina capital.”
In the Days of Homespun Dresses“1861-1863. Tennessee. A Southern woman believes that all like her “remembers the days of hardship, of ruined homes, and of bleeding hearts.”
Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers.…
How I took a Letter on a Yankee General“No Date. Maryland to “Western Virginia.” A schoolgirl’s teasing of an “enemy” officer.”
How a Woman Helped to Save Richmond“March 1884. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of the Confederate secretary of War helps to thwart Ulric Dahlgren’s raid on the CSA capital.”
How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”