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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
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Airy Mount -- In Sherman's Track
“November 1894-January 1865. Near Oxford, Georgia. A recollection of the sad realities of Sherman’s march through the area of a proud plantation presided over by the daughter of Methodist Bishop Andrew.”
A Night of Terror
“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”
A Roundabout Way Home
“1865. Kentucky. The first weeks at home for a former Confederate chaplain.”
A Great Old-Time Schoolmaster
“1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee. A fond remembrance of the Rev. C.D. Elliott, wartime "principal of the old Nashville Female Academy.”
A Red-Headed Rebel
“Unknown time or place. A cute wartime story.”
A Woman Rice Planter
“NEW YORK SUN columns written by the bankrupt daughter of a former South Carolina governor reveal the struggles Southerners faced after the Civil War.”
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.”
A Boy and His Flag
“1861. Virginia. A young man in 1861 recalls his first Confederate flag and later coming back to Virginia from Baltimore and meeting confederate leaders north of Richmond.”