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The Cotton Letters
“June 7, 1860-September 7, 1862. Powder Springs, Georgia, and Virginia. Correspondence of a Georgia family as the war began.”
Experience in Richmond Hospitals
“Spring 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A former soldier recalls the realities of hospital days.”
The Capture of Lexington
“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”
Richmond, Virginia: The Evacuation of the City and the Days Preceding It
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia, and route of Confederate evacuees. An eyewitness account of the fall of Richmond and the flight southward”
When Richmond Was Evacuated
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A South Carolina soldier describes the “deafening, roaring flames of the burning city,” as the confederate capital was abandoned to Yankee invaders.”
Conscripting Atlanta Theater in 1863
“A former Confederate soldier describes his role in being assigned “to conscript the theater” for evaders of military duty in crowded Atlanta.”
Letter from a Citizen of the Southern Confederacy
“Written from Berkeley County, Virginia, May 12, 1861, to brother in Iowa, this letter reflects intense southern feelings in a divided family.”
