“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary letters, reminiscences, diaries, etc., from the entire state.”
“Anthony Trollope, the well-known English author, made a trip to America in August 1861. He spent most of his time in the North and in Canada, but he dipped into the South along the northern border on a trip from Baltimore to Missouri. He visited…