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The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days
“J. Frank Dobie described this account as the "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas Bully reading." This reminiscence by a key Texas pioneer summarizes the decades from the early settlements by U.S. immigrants in Texas until he left the…
The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina
“Preface: "was originally published in the New York Watchman."
The Meat Diet at Port Hudson
“Spring and Summer of 1863. Port Hudson, Mississippi. During the siege of the Mississippi River town, even mule meat—from the animal “with that big sore on your back—” become acceptable.”
THE DIARY OF THE REVEREND CHARLES S. VEDDER, MAY-JULY, 1861
“A visitor in Monticello. GA.”
The Last Year of the War in North Carolina, Including Plymouth, Fort Fisher and Bentonsville. An Address Before the Association Army of Northern Virginia, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, Richmond, Va., October 28, 1887
“A brief recollection of eastern North Carolina.”
The Journal of Julia le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863
“A very useful account of wartime New Orleans, before and after Federal occupation.”
The Life Story of Franklin Wilson, As Told by Himself in His Journals
“Civil War times in Maryland.”
The Last March
“March-April, 1865. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The return home for a soldier at the end of the War.”