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A Missouri Boy’s Experiences
“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”
Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams
“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”
The Wedding at the Parker House
”Notes of black regiments at Punta Rassa, ca. 1865: The 2d and 99th U.S. Colored Infantry and 2d Florida (U.S.) Cavalry. Describes Fort Myers, the nearby Indians, a ball in celebration of the fall of Richmond, and a military wedding for an Indian…
War Times in Natchez
“1861-1865. Natchez, Mississippi. A lady recalls the years of the conflict in "Grand, exclusive, heroic Natchez.”
Southern Silhouettes
“Sketches of life on Louisiana and Mississippi plantations during the war.”
The Fall of Richmond
“Reprinted from Richmond Dispatch, February 3, 1902.”