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Woman Saved Richmond City: Thrilling Story of Dahlgren's Raid and Mrs. Seddons' Old Blackberry Wine
“March 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A memory of one woman’s valiant effort to save Confederate capital during a Union cavalry attack.”
Watch on the Chattahoochee: A Civil War Letter
“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”
When Sherman Marched Through Georgia
“Fall of 1864. Cassville, Georgia. A young woman’s recollections of the awesome Yankee assault.”
Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance
“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to evade and out-wit Federal occupation officers.”
The McDonalds; or, The Ashes of Southern Homes. A Tale of Sherman's March
“May be fiction, reviewed in THE LAND WE LOVE, III (1867), 270-272.”
The Good Samaritan at Franklin
“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former soldier describes the “devoted and unselfish service to the sick and wounded” by Mrs. John McGavock.”
South after Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865
“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…