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“Beauty and Booty:” The Watchword of New Orleans
“New Orleans during the war, occupation, and atrocities.”
A Confederate Girl's Diary
"March 9, 1862 - May 2, 1865. One of the best Confederate diaries, written by a Baton Rouge girl, who was a fervent Confederate. In 1863, she moved to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and later into New Orleans. Dawson was initially ambivalent…
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 entrusted with field and military hospitals; the Union blockade was causing Odin problems as he…
A Southern Record.: The history of the Third Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
“A SOUTHERN RECORD is an exceptionally valuable commentary on conditions in the Civil War South, written by a Confederate soldier soon after the end of the conflict. Considerable portions of the narrative are transcriptions of notes kept by Tunnard,…
