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WRITINGS OF A TENNESSEE UNIONIST, Part 2

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Cumberland Mountains Tn, loc:Livingston Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1950, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:memory

WRITINGS OF A TENNESSEE UNIONIST, Part 1

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Cumberland Mountains Tn, loc:Livingston Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1950, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:memory

Wilmington and the Blockade Runners

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, su:confederate, su:military, ts:narrative

When South Carolina Seceded

“November 8, 1860-July 14, 1863. A lady offers her recollections of Columbia, South Carolina during secession time—as reflected in her teenage journal.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Columbia SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1921, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:memory

What I Saw at Wilson's Creek

“June-August 1861. Southwest Missouri. A resident of Lincoln County, Missouri summarizes the events relating to the important battle in southwest Missouri.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Wilson's Creek, loc:Missouri, loc:Springfield MO, pd:1913, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Wartime Sciences on Pennsylvania Avenue

Tags: au:female, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Washington D.C., milt:Buck Tails, milt:New York Zouaves, pd:1923, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, ts:memory

War Spirit at the Virginia Military Institute

“Spring 1861. Lexington, Virginia. A former cadet proudly describes the deep Southern feelings at UMI as the war approached.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Lexington VA, loc:Virginia, loc:Virginia Military Institute, pd:1914, su:confederate, su:military, su:seccession, su:unionist, ts:memory

War Memories of a Virginia Woman

“1861-1863. Northern Virginia. A lady recalls the hopeful beginnings of the war in the plantation are near the Chesapeake Bay and later her escape through Union lines to the Shenandoah Valley.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Norfolk VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1913, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory