Browse Items (346 total)
Sort by:
Fight in a Mississippi Church in 1863
“Fall of 1863. Rodney, Mississippi. A recollection of a Presbyterian congregation’s work to save its building during an assault by the Yankees.”
Flower de Hundred: The Story of a Virginia Plantation
“Life before and during the war.”
Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898.
“A Unionist recalls Civil War El Paso. 2nd edition.”
Four years in Secessia: A Narrative of a Residence at the South Previous to and During the Southern Rebellion, up to November 1863
“This pamphlet is an attack on the South and it’s kind of civilization, as seen by a native of New York who went from Cincinnati to Yazoo City, MS, in 1859 and engaged in teaching school while her son entered the business. After Mississippi seceded,…
From Flag to Flag: A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South During the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba
“Mrs. Ripley and her husband lived on a Mississippi River plantation four miles below Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the fall of New Orleans and the fighting around Baton Rouge, the Ripley’s fled to Texas. Sending some of their slaves ahead, they set…
General David Hunter's Sack of Lexington, Virginia, June 10-14, 1864: An Account by Rose Page Pendleton
“June 10-14, 1864. Lexington, Virginia. The daughter of Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton related how the women and children faced uncertainty and terror five days after the Federals came to their proud town.”
