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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
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How I took a Letter on a Yankee General
“No Date. Maryland to “Western Virginia.” A schoolgirl’s teasing of an “enemy” officer.”
Illium in Flames
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. A collection of descriptions of the destruction of the South Carolina capital.”
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.”
In Winter Quarters of Dalton, Ga
“1863. North Georgia. The strain of winter without adequate supplies and religion in the ranks.”
Jasper County, Missouri, in the Civil War.
“Missouri Guerrillas, Price's and Shelby's Raids, etc.”
Jefferson Davis, Constitutionalist: His Letters, Papers, and Speeches
“Good collection of Davis materials, now being replaced by Papers of Jefferson Davis.”
Letter from a Citizen of the Southern Confederacy
“Written from Berkeley County, Virginia, May 12, 1861, to brother in Iowa, this letter reflects intense southern feelings in a divided family.”
Letters of John Letcher to J. Hierholzer, 1864-1865
“November 3, 1864-May 16, 1865. Lexington, Virginia. The former governor of Virginia described the effects of the war in the valley and his own opinions of the combat, in three letters to a merchant in Richmond.”
Life in Richmond, 1863-1865
“1863-1865. Richmond, Virginia. A former Ordinance Bureau officer remembers the realities of the war years in the Confederate capital.”
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.”