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Civil War Letters of Sam Houston

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“October 7, 1862-April 21, 1863. Huntsville, Texas. Three letters to the editor of the Nacogdoches Chronicle reveal ex-Governor Samuel Houston s criticism of President Jefferson Davis and leading generals and his despondency over the declining…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Cedar Point Tx, loc:Huntsville Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1978, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams

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“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”

Tags: au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Kansas, loc:Lawrence KS, pd:1984, su:African American, su:battlefield, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:slavery, su:union, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Civil War Reminiscences

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Cass County MO, loc:General Orders No. 11, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1907, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:war experience

CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES OF JOHN AKER LAFFERTY

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Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Garfield's Bottom Ky, loc:Harrison County Ky, loc:PikeVille Ky, loc:Prestonsburg Ky, milt:Mounted Infantry, pd:1961, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Clarimonde: A Tale of New Orleans Life, and of the Present War

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Clark County Salt Works

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Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Clarke County Al, loc:Grove HIll AL, pd:1958, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Closing Scene with Johnston's Army

“April 1865. Central North Carolina. An eyewitness recalls some of the details about the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston’s troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Greensboro NC, loc:North Carolina, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:southern, ts:memory

Closing Scenes of the War About Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:warfront, ts:memory

Col A.H. Belo

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:North Carolina, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:biography

Columbia—As Seen by a Rebel Scouting Party the Day After Sherman’s Evacuation

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1882, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

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