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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
Documents Relating to El Destino and Chemonie Plantations, Middle Florida, 1828-1874. Part IV
End of Vicksburg Campaign“1862- 1863. Mississippi and Mobile. A Confederate chaplain’s experiences near the frontlines of battle and a trip to Mobile.”
Experiences of a War-Time Girl“1861-1864. Northern Virginia. The memories and joys of the war by a then-young girl who had “never forgotten the horrors of the War between the…
Extracts from War-Time Letters, 1861-1864“November 12, 1861-June 16, 1865. Westport, Missouri. Six letters from a young woman to her mother which describes the severe effects of the war on…
From Gloom to Glory“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is…
From the 'Eastern Shore' of Virgina"1861. Eastern shore of Virginia. A native of the region east of Chesapeake Bay declares “This entire country... was intensely Southern in sentiment.”
From the Diary of John R. Thompson
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 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.”