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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.”
A Book of Memories, 1842-1920
“CSA and Alabama material.”
A Boy and His Flag
“1861. Virginia. A young man in 1861 recalls his first Confederate flag and later coming back to Virginia from Baltimore and meeting confederate leaders north of Richmond.”
A Checkered Life
“The author's recollections of his early days in Montgomery County and elsewhere in Kentucky with notices of his Civil War experiences and the activities of the 24th Kentucky (Union) Regiment based on a diary. Also included is a collection of the…
A Confederate Menu
“July 4, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A pleasant spoof of confederate food shortages at the siege of Vicksburg.”
A Confederate Surgeon's Story
“1861-1865. Lynchburg, Virginia. A former surgeon at Hospital No. 1 in Lynchburg, Virginia recalls the awful tragedies of the war.”
