Browse Items (147 total)
- Collection: Items by Publication Date: 1960s
A Louisiana Engineer at the Siege of Vicksburg: Letters of Henry Ginder“Ginder's "Letters" narrated his experiences as a civilian during the siege at Vicksburg.”
A Letter from Occupied Tallahassee
A Wisconsin Soldier Reports from New Orleans
A Florida Soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Hosford Letters
A Poor Widow Asks for Food: 1865“May 8, 1865. A Baldwin County, Georgia woman wrote this letter to Union Major General James H. Wilson, revealing the lingering desolation caused by…
Auguste Laugel Visits the Army of the Potomac“January 1865. Northern Virginia. This curious French visitor describes the effect of the war in Virginia, a black military unit, and the camps. He…
A Rebel Came Home: The Diary of Floride Clemson Tells of Her Wartime Adventures in Yankeeland, 1863-64, Her Trip Home to South Carolina“January 1, 1863-October 24, 1866. From her home in Bladensburg, MD, the young daughter of a pro Confederate family reported news of the Gettysburg…
A Letter From the Archbishop of New Orleans, 1862“February 28, 1862. Mentioned the effect of the war on religious activities. Church attendance was increasing; volunteer women's groups were being…
A Georgia Woman's Civil War Diary: The Journal of Minerva Leah Rowles McClatchey, 1864-1865“January 1864-September 1865. When Sherman's troops entered Georgia, Mr. McClatchey left the family farm near Marietta, GA. Mrs. McClatchey, however,…
A CONFEDERATE OFFICER'S LETTERS ON SHERMAN'S MARCH TO ATLANTA