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Southland Stories
“Background of war stories.”
Plantation Lessee Problems In 1864
“May 2, 1864. Lower Mississippi Valley. A professor at the University of Michigan was one of a group of investors attracted by the proposition of raising cotton on the occupied plantations along the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. This letter…
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 2
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 1
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862
December 28, 1862. Expressions of worry about and love for her husband Norfleet, a bondsman to enslaver Theophilus Perry (28th Texas Cavalry), who had gone into military service as Perry’s "personal servant.”
Reminiscences of the Confederacy, J.U. Payne, of New Orleans, LA -- His Devotion to, and Sacrifices for the Cause
“Sketchy recollections of a business associate and acquaintance of Davis.”
Letters To and From Jacob Thompson
“Postwar letters recall Thompson's wartime activities especially as a CSA agent in Europe.”
My Relatives Are Leaving Me Very Fast': War Times Letters of James Wright to His Nephew
“June 14-July 3, 1864. A successful cotton producer from Russell County, AL, to his nephew stationed near Savannah. Concern for the young man's health, description of everyday activities on the plantation, and references to shortages of glass jars…