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Going Home From the Army“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home…
Remainiscing in Lively Vein“December 1864. Near Eatonton, Georgia. An Arkansas rifleman remembers some interesting events from his experience in Georgia as a straggler trying to…
Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: Sale of Slaves at Columbia in 1864
Down South: An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War“Day came to the United States as a correspondent for the London MORNING HERALD to report conditions North and South. He landed at New York and, went…
The Call to Arms: Secession from a Feminine Point of View“The ladies of Broward's Neck, Duval County, East Florida, November 6, 1860.”
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri "Bushwhacker," Being His Complete Confession“A fascinating account of guerrilla warfare in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War. Hildebrand was a Southern partisan who…
Wilson's Raid and Other Recital
My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life“This is the reminiscence of a chatty, cultural, and proud Virginia lady, wife of a key political leader. She viewed the wartime scene with a sad…
Reminiscences of Peace and War“A fine account of her wartime years in Virginia, written a number of years later.”
Woman's Service in War“Summer of 1862. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of a key Virginia political leader describes the vital work of women in Richmond during the anguishing…