"December 19, 1864—August 2, 1865. Andrews traveled over a broken railroad system and in wagons from Washington to a plantation near Albany, across the route of Sherman's march across Georgia. On the trains, she listened to a Confederate soldier…
“1861-1863. Mississippi. A former resident of the Vicksburg area criticizes the high-handed manner in which Union Authority “acquired” Southern property.”
“The statements made by a Birmingham hotel owner's wife before a U.S. Senate Committee in 1883 about the war years in Georgia—including very keen observations on her servants.”
“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…