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The Military Operations in Missouri in the Summer and Autumn of 1861
“June-December 1861. Missouri. A Union General discusses events in Missouri as the war began.”
The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas
"Fall of 1865. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This very perceptive description of three defeated states originated as a series of letters from a reporter for the Boston Daily Advertiser and the Chicago Tribune. American Culture…
The Stars and Bars: or, The Reign of Terror in Missouri
“In semi-fictional form, personal account of the hectic days of secession and war in northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri by a pro-Union author.”
The Wedding at the Parker House
”Notes of black regiments at Punta Rassa, ca. 1865: The 2d and 99th U.S. Colored Infantry and 2d Florida (U.S.) Cavalry. Describes Fort Myers, the nearby Indians, a ball in celebration of the fall of Richmond, and a military wedding for an Indian…
The Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or, The Gulf-Department in '63
“A good account of life in the lower Mississippi River Valley in 1863 by a visitor from the North— particularly useful for observations of Creoles, the enslaved, and plantations.”
