Browse Items (135 total)
- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1900s
A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer“1861-1865. The reminiscences of a young woman, unidentified, ‘in her own words.’ A Virginia girl and the ‘Romance of War’ - Harold Straubig’s Civil…
Dixie After the War: An Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the Twelve Years Succeeding the Fall of Richmond"Describes Virginia, beginning with the days immediately after Appomattox."
Old Plantation days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War“Actually misleading, for it contains much on the war, Sherman's March through Georgia and South Carolina, also includes beginning of conflict at…
Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907“While the recollection generally is about Cherokees, the author lived in Lynchburg during the War, made CSA uniforms, described Hunter's Raid, etc.”
A Daughter of the Confederacy: A Story of the Old South and the New“Southern life in the South during the War.”
The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days“J. Frank Dobie described this account as the "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas Bully reading." This reminiscence by a key Texas…
Echoes from the Battlefield; Or, Southern Life During the War“Impersonal account of life for a Georgia family during the war, by an M.D. living near Atlanta.”
Cullings from the Confederacy: A Collection of Southern Poems, Original and Others, Popular During the War Between the States, and Incidents and Facts Worth Recalling. 1862-1866: Including the Doggerel of the Camp, as well as a Tender Tribute to the Dead“1862-1866. Discusses women's efforts and attitudes; prices and shortages-a wide variety of brief items.”
The Experiences of an Unrecognized Senator
My First Impressions of the War“1861-1865. Hernando, Mississippi; and Montgomery Alabama. A proud lady recalls the war— especially the first months - in her home area and in…