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Letters From Nashville, 1862: A Portrait of Belle Meade
“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…
Letters of Thomas B. Hanly, 1863-1864
“Was in the CSA House Representatives and delegate to the CSA Convention.”
Lest We Forget
“Unknown date. “Rural” South Carolina. A Cheering recollection about the generosity of Southern women to their defenders.”
Memoirs of W. W. Holden.
“Politics, little of battlefront; recollections of former Governor of North Carolina.”
My Christmas Dinner in 1863
“December 1863. LaGrange, Georgia. A hungry Confederate captain on furlough describes the joy of eating a turkey who “died of a sore throat.”
My First Impressions of the War
“1861-1865. Hernando, Mississippi; and Montgomery Alabama. A proud lady recalls the war— especially the first months - in her home area and in Montgomery.”
Memories of War Times
“1863. East Feliciana Parish, Louisiana. A wartime lad remembers the war in his once quiet and lovely area.”
Memoirs of a Southerner, 1840-1923
"Pictures of plantation life in McIntosh County seaboard served as a CSA soldier and wartime Savannah.”
Memoirs, with Special Reference to Secession and the Civil War
“Recollections of Confederate Postmaster General.”