Browse Items (155 total)
- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
My Christmas Dinner in 1863“December 1863. LaGrange, Georgia. A hungry Confederate captain on furlough describes the joy of eating a turkey who “died of a sore throat.”
A Southern Woman's Bravery“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s…
When Missouri Went into the War“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”
Devotion of Southern Women to the Confederacy“1861-1865. North and South Carolina. A confederate veteran offers praise to the “noble, patriots, and loyal women” of the south and describes some of…
Sherman's Trail Through South Carolina“May 1865. South Carolina. The trail of destruction across South Carolina described by an ex-Confederate soldier, immediately after the end of…
Thomas Nelson Page: A Memoir of a Virginia Gentleman
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.”
Memories of a Long life in Virginia“Much on CSA, knew Lee and Jackson.”
A Girl of the Sixties“1861-1862. Kentucky. From her memory as “a resentful girl of thirteen years,” a recollection of Union occupation early in the war.”
The Battle of Rio, Virginia“April 1864. Rio, Virginia. A young woman’s memory of combat near her home on the Rivanna River.”