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- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1920s
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A Book of Memories, 1842-1920
“CSA and Alabama material.”
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.”
A Boy of the Old Dominion During the War Between the States
“1861-1865. Alexandria, Virginia. The memories of a youngster living in the busy city on the south bank of the Potomac—across from Washington, D.C.”
A Girl of the Sixties
“1861-1862. Kentucky. From her memory as “a resentful girl of thirteen years,” a recollection of Union occupation early in the war.”
A Girl's Recollections of War
“1863? Pulaski County, Virginia. “A schoolgirl during the War” remembers poignant events on the home front.”
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 Heroine of the Sixties
“1863-1865. Giles County. Virginia. An unidentified woman described a valiant young neighbor who always helped Confederates and “met every vicissitude with dauntless courage that never wavered.”
A Little Girl in the War
“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”
A Love-Sick Volunteer
“Summer of 1861. Place not stated. A story of romance early in the war.”
Tags: era:1861, pd:1893, su:war experience, su:warfront
A Night of Terror
“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”