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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
Mothers and Maidens of the Sixties“1861-1865. Near Warren, Virginia; Valley of Virginia. A veteran remembers the tireless labors of women on the home front.”
Recollections of the Civil War“1861-1865. Central and western Missouri. A young teenager from the western border of Missouri recalls the war in that region and how the conflict…
Random Recollections of an Octogenarian
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…
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…
From the Diary of John R. Thompson
The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters
Pleasant Days in War Time“1862-1865. Virginia. An ex-confederate soldier remembers how helpful civilians were to him.”
Alabama's Secession Convention, 1861“January 1861. Montgomery, Alabama. Recollections of the conventions by a delegate—prepared by his grandson.”
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.…