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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
“First edition. This compendium of correspondence between Cornelius L. Burckmyer and his wife, edited by Charlotte R. Holmes, provides considerable…
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. An eyewitness account of the burning of the South Carolina capital.”
“Brief recollections of the river city during the war.”
“1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. The account of a young woman’s trip to the key river port, under Union escort.”
“June 7, 1860-September 7, 1862. Powder Springs, Georgia, and Virginia. Correspondence of a Georgia family as the war began.”
“1861-1865. General. “One of the belles of the sixties” offers an essay on the attitudes and culture of Dixie.”
“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former soldier describes the “devoted and unselfish service to the sick and wounded” by Mrs. John McGavock.”

The Burckmyer Letters: March 1863-June, 1865
The Burning of Columbia
The City of Vicksburg
The City of Vicksburg (A Girl’s Journey to Vicksburg, Second Section)
The Confederate Arsenal at Fayetteville
The Cotton Letters
The Culture of the Old South
The Father of Woodrow Wilson
The Good Samaritan at Franklin
The Heroine of Fort Fisher