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Auguste Laugel Visits the Army of the Potomac

“January 1865. Northern Virginia. This curious French visitor describes the effect of the war in Virginia, a black military unit, and the camps. He noted the variety of social classes and the lack of deference to rank among the officers, in the…

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The Southern Women of the Second American Revolution: Their Trials, &c. Yankee Barbarity Illustrated. Our Naval Victories and Exploits of Confederate War Steamers. Capture of Yankee gunboats, &c.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Galveston NC, loc:North Carolina, milt:Naval, pd:1863, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

As I Saw It

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A Louisiana Engineer at the Siege of Vicksburg: Letters of Henry Ginder

“Ginder's "Letters" narrated his experiences as a civilian during the siege at Vicksburg.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1967, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri, and of the Personal Experience of One who has Suffered.

“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1863, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Missouri Confederate in the Civil War, the Journal of Henry Marty Cheavens

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Boone County MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1962, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:diary

Journal of the Civil War in Missouri, 1861, Henry Martyn Cheavens, 1862-1863

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Boone County MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1961, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:medical, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:diary

Some Reminiscences of the Second of April 1865

“April 2, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. Recollections of Richmond on the day when CSA leaders decided to leave the city.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Macon, in the War Between the States

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:Macon GA, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:narrative

Airy Mount -- In Sherman's Track

“November 1894-January 1865. Near Oxford, Georgia. A recollection of the sad realities of Sherman’s march through the area of a proud plantation presided over by the daughter of Methodist Bishop Andrew.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Airy Mount GA, loc:Airy Mount Plantation VA, loc:Georgia, pd:1924, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:war experience, ts:memory

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