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First Days Amongst the Contrabands
“Excellent summary of the conditions near Port Royal and Beaufort, SC in Civil War, where Miss Botume worked for the Freedmen's Aid Society—her work as a teacher there led to this excellent account of the woeful conditions among the newly freed…
A Flordia Story of War Times
“1861-1864. Jacksonville, Florida, and South Georgia. A lady describes the coming of the war to north Florida and her family’s efforts to escape to South Georgia.”
Bold Attempt to Rob the State Treasury of Texas
“June 1865. Austin, Texas. Forty robbers attempt to steal “100,000 in gold and 400,000 in paper money."
Recollection and Reflections
“1861-1865. Tuskegee, Alabama. A young man’s remembrance of the war years, his fathers’ close friend William L. Yancey, Union raids under General Wilson in 1865, and “the reign of’ Reconstruction.”
A Love-Sick Volunteer
“Summer of 1861. Place not stated. A story of romance early in the war.”
How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner
“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”
