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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
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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 treasures from Yankee plunderers.”
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 the work.”
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 combat.”
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.”
Life on the Old Plantation
1865. Georgia. A warm recollection of plantation days and the change brought by the war, and especially the kindness of “Uncle Wilkes.”