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Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876
Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.
Some Neglected Aspects of the American Civil War: Recollections of John C. Wade
“1861- 1862. Yorktown, Virginia. Recollections of activities on the Peninsula, by an observer who was a boy of twelve years at the time recorded in 1934.”
Inside the Confederate Government: The Diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean, Head of the Bureau of War.
“From September 15, 1861, to December 1865, this is a diary of a proud young Virginian who served as Head of the CSA Bureau of War. He viewed his colleagues in the Southern bureaucracy with clarity and occasional wit and recorded much of the internal…
Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation
“First published in 1866, this book gives a perceptive account of life in Richmond during the war. Written in the third person, this work is more a social history of Richmond than an autobiography. Like Mrs. Chesnutt’s diary, this source has clear…