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Civil War Letters of George Washington Whitman from North Carolina

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We Are Truly Doing Missionary Work: Letters from American Missionary Association Teachers in Florida, 1864-1874

Letter of John Campbell, Unionist

“John Campbell, Searcy County delegate to the secession convention of 1861, explains why he voted for secession. The period of secession and later summarizing the negotiations for peace in 1864 and 1865.”

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A Civil War Sermon As Recounted In The Emma E. Holmes Diary

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The Charleston Fire of 1861 as Described in the Emma E. Holmes Diary

“December 11-12, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A young woman whose home was destroyed by a severe fire in the city described the conflagration in her diary.”

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STAND BY THE COLORS: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF LEANDER STEM, Part 2

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STAND BY THE COLORS: THE CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF LEANDER STEM, Part 1

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A Prayer For The Spirit Of Acceptance: The Journal of Martha Wayles Robertson, 1860-66

“1860-1866. Robertson's diary often takes the form of a prayer, written as a spiritual exercise in self examination and communion with God. An early entry considered the threat of fratricide a national error, and she asked for God to reconcile the…

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