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SHERMAN'S MARCH THROUGH GEORGIA: LETTERS FROM CHARLES EWING TO HIS FATHER THOMAS EWING

Beginning and Ending. Reminiscences of the First and Last days of the War. Interesting Personal Observations. The Thrilling and Exciting Times Immediately Preceding the War-First Battle of Manassas

“1861-1865. Recollections of the first months and last weeks of the war in Virginia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, milt:19th Virginia Regiment, pd:1895, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:memory

Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War, as Represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and the Romance of Reality

Tags: au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1896, su:battlefield, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Civil War in Missouri

“1861-1865. Missouri. An 1893 speech by a Union participant in many of the wartime events in his state.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1893, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1913, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Shelby Raid, 1863

“1863. Missouri. The effects of the daring raid by CSA General Jo Shelby into Missouri described by an eyewitness.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:The Shelby Raid, loc:Missouri, milt:27th Missouri Regiments, milt:5th Missouri Confederate Cavalry, milt:7th Missouri Regiments, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:narrative

A Woman's Diary of the Siege of Vicksburg

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:diary

Autobiography and Sketches of my Travels by Sea and Land

“The author was a seaman and had a varied career spending much time on the coast of Texas. He served with the 12th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers during the Civil War and the hardships he encountered are described in a no-nonsense way. In later…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:military, su:political, su:travel, ts:autobiography

Selections from the Miscellaneous Writings of Dr. George W. Bagby.

Tags: era:1885, era:postwar, loc:Lynchburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1884-85, su:military, ts:biography

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…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Richmond VA, milt:Army of the Potomac, pd:1961, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, ts:memory

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