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The Journal of Eldress Nancy, Kept at the South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Colony, August 15, 1861-September 4, 1864

“Shaker colony of South Union, KY; civilian account of war kept by Eldress Nancy Moore.”

“August 15, 1861-September 4, 1864. Recorded that men loyal to the Union were fleeing Kentucky to avoid conscription into Confederate service. When…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Kentucky, loc:South Union Ky, loc:South Union Shaker Village Ky, pd:1963, su:abolitionist, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

AUTOBIOGRAPHY: Of Judge Nicholas Sandifer

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, pd:1962, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:military, su:slaveholding, ts:autobiography

A War Correspondent's View of St. Augustine and Fernandina: 1863

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Fernandina Fl, loc:Florida, loc:St. Augustine FL, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, ts:correspondence

Occupied Beaufort, 1863: A War Correspondent's View

“June 17, 1863. Beaufort, South Carolina. A view of the occupied seaport by a reporter for the Sacramento Daily Union.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Beaufort SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1963, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, ts:correspondence

Texas Memoirs of Amelia E. Barr

“1857-1867. Austin, Texas. This item is a truly delightful account of the Texas years of the prolific late-nineteenth-century novelist in Austin. By her daughter Lillie Barr Munroe, and includes some very informative views of the war years in the…

Tags: au:female, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Austin TX, loc:Texas, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:memory

A Letter from Bleak Hall, 1861

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Bleak Hall Plantation SC, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1961, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Life in Civil War East Texas

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Texas, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Wisconsin Soldier Reports from New Orleans

The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate Refugee from East Tennessee

“1861-1864. Letters. Relates her departure from east Tennessee for Chester District, SC, only one day before the Union troops arrived. McCalla describes her efforts to care for her children (one son died, and another was born) and to raise crops on…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Morristown Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1965, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

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