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Memorials of a Southern Planter
“Wartime portion of this fine recollection of Thomas Dabney and his family; Union occupation in Mississippi, refugee life in Macon, Georgia, and the sad but genteel poverty of a proud man after the war.”
Memorabilia and Anecdotal Reminiscences of Columbia, S. C., and Incidents Connected Therewith.
“Includes, Simms’s "Sack and Destruction of Columbia," 154-196 pp. Selby recounts many stories concerning Columbia, SC, which he had "stored away on memory's shelf’ over the years. Some of his exciting tales include memories of the old Columbia…
My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life
“This is the reminiscence of a chatty, cultural, and proud Virginia lady, wife of a key political leader. She viewed the wartime scene with a sad reserve and looked back with fondness on antebellum tranquility. Includes material from REMINISCENCES OF…
Memories of a Long life in Virginia
“Much on CSA, knew Lee and Jackson.”
My Moving Tent
“Several chapters on CSA, minutes of Gen. Assoc., chaplains, and missionaries of Army of Tennessee.”
My Return from Dixie
“April-May-1865. Macon, Mississippi; Memphis to Louisville, to Gallatin, Tennessee. The wife of a former Confederate officer remembers her return home to Middle Tennessee soon after the end of the war.”
Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907
“While the recollection generally is about Cherokees, the author lived in Lynchburg during the War, made CSA uniforms, described Hunter's Raid, etc.”
My Cave Life in Vicksburg.: With Letters of Trial and Travel
"A valuable story of a gentlewoman's experiences under siege at Vicksburg."—Civil War Books. Most revealing for the trials endured by the inhabitants of the besieged city, told by the wife of CSA colonel, in her own words which need no…
My Confederate Girlhood: The Memoirs of Kate Virginia Cox Logan
“Recalled her war years at Clover Hill, plantation source of coal for Richmond.”
My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as a Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front During the War of the Rebellion.
“Hospital scenes and work at the Sanitary Fairs captivated this war observer. Mrs. Livermore's activities were confined almost entirely to Chicago, Washington, and border towns. She made one trip down the Mississippi River and she gives some account…