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Dixie After the War: An Exposition of Social Conditions Existing in the South, During the Twelve Years Succeeding the Fall of Richmond
"Describes Virginia, beginning with the days immediately after Appomattox."
Deterioration of a Georgia Rice Plantation During Four Years of Civil War
“May 1861-June 30, 1865. Near Savannah, Georgia. Diary of a member of a famed Charleston Huguenot family records effects of war on a rice plantation a few miles upriver from Savannah.”
Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States, With Some Personal Reminiscences.
“Of use only for political history, a defense of secession.”
Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River, Raleigh, N.C.
“Half of the book relates to CSA operations. Wilmington was last Confederate port closed during the war, so this volume is mine of information on blockade running and naval history about these strategic ports.”
Bold Attempt to Rob the State Treasury of Texas
“June 1865. Austin, Texas. Forty robbers attempt to steal “100,000 in gold and 400,000 in paper money."
A Blockaded Family: Life in Southern Alabama During the Civil War
“1861-1865. Near Eufaula, Alabama. Recounts how a frightened and war-weary household dealt with privations during a blockade imposed on the South, life on a plantation.”
A Woman Rice Planter
“NEW YORK SUN columns written by the bankrupt daughter of a former South Carolina governor reveal the struggles Southerners faced after the Civil War.”