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Hospital Pencillings: Being a Diary While in Jefferson General Hospital, Jeffersonville, Ind., and Others at Nashville, Tennessee, as Matron and Visitor
"The book is less an account of scenes inside hospital walls than its title indicates. Her story is about equally divided between her observations in Nashville, TN, her experiences in the hospital in Jeffersonville, IN, and her travels between these…
I Acted From Principle: William Marcellus McPheeters, Confederate Surgeon
“1861-1865. Missouri. Long statements by a Missouri surgeon describe his activities during the conflict.”
Illium in Flames
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. A collection of descriptions of the destruction of the South Carolina capital.”
In Sherman's Wake
“February-March 1865. Marlboro County, South Carolina. A young student at the Federal Academy in Bennettsville, South Carolina describes the Union troops’ dash through that town and school.”
In the Days of Homespun Dresses
“1861-1863. Tennessee. A Southern woman believes that all like her “remembers the days of hardship, of ruined homes, and of bleeding hearts.”
Inside the Confederate Government: The Diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean, Head of the Bureau of War.
“From September 15, 1861, to December 1865, this is a diary of a proud young Virginian who served as Head of the CSA Bureau of War. He viewed his colleagues in the Southern bureaucracy with clarity and occasional wit and recorded much of the internal…
Jasper County, Missouri, in the Civil War.
“Missouri Guerrillas, Price's and Shelby's Raids, etc.”
Last Capital of the Confederacy at Danville
“April 3-10, 1865. Danville, Virginia. A brief description of the last Confederate capital by an unnamed eyewitness.”