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William Parker Cutler's Congressional Diary Of 1862-63

WILLIAM PARKER CUTLER'S CONGRESSIONAL DIARY OF 1862-63 Allan G. Bogue William Parker Cutler's career in the first United States Congress of the Civil War appears at first glance to have been less than noteworthy. Elected as a Republican to the House…

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"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862

December 28, 1862. Expressions of worry about and love for her husband Norfleet, a bondsman to enslaver Theophilus Perry (28th Texas Cavalry), who had gone into military service as Perry’s "personal servant.”

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Wartime Scenes From Convent Windows: St. Cecilia, 1860 Through 1865

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We Left a Black Track in South Carolina: Letters of Corporal Eli S. Ricker, 1865

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Witness for the Prosecution: The Civil War Letter of Lieutenant George Taylor

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The Diary of Thomas Conolly, M.P.: Virginia, March April 1865 in Notes and Documents

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The Alexander Letters, 1787-1900

"1787-1900. 131 copies for the family. Selection from six sisters and four brothers, children of Adam Leopold Alexander and his wife, Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert."

“Southern Plantation life before the War, few CSA letters reprint from other sources.…

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