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Refugeing in War Time
“Fall 1864-Spring 1865. North Georgia. An eight-year-old girl’s experiences as she and her family tried to flee from the Union Army and then came home to Dekalb County “to find ruin.”
The Fall of Richmond
“April 2, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A brief recollection of the capture of the Confederate capital.”
Mrs. Tinsley's War Recollections, 1862-1865
“1862-1863. Near Richmond, Virginia. These memoirs, written in 1911 by a plantation wife describe life in the Peninsula-while Yankee troops were invading-and mention Union balloon observers.”
A Yankee Views the Agony of Savannah
“A Union soldier describes occupied Savannah.”
“January 29, 1865. A recent arrival from Boston wrote home about the devastation of Savannah and General Sherman's occupation of the city.”
“January 29, 1865. A recent arrival from Boston wrote home about the devastation of Savannah and General Sherman's occupation of the city.”
The Military Operations in Missouri in the Summer and Autumn of 1861
“June-December 1861. Missouri. A Union General discusses events in Missouri as the war began.”
The Story of a Border City During the Civil War
“1858-1866. A reminiscence of life in St. Louis from Secession to Radical rule by a ‘Professor in the University of Chicago, Resident of St. Louis from 1858 to 1866.’"
Letters of George Caleb Bingham to James S. Rollins, Part 8
“Bingham was an artist from Kansas City, MO who often wrote about the shortages of money and basic living supplies, to his cousin-in-law who was in the Union army.”
Letters of George Caleb Bingham to James S. Rollins, Part 7
“Bingham was an artist from Kansas City, MO who often wrote about the shortages of money and basic living supplies, to his cousin-in-law who was in the Union army.”