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In Sherman's Wake
“February-March 1865. Marlboro County, South Carolina. A young student at the Federal Academy in Bennettsville, South Carolina describes the Union troops’ dash through that town and school.”
Illium in Flames
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. A collection of descriptions of the destruction of the South Carolina capital.”
Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia
“From an old manuscript of a country place in Maryland.”
Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse
“1862-1865. Cumming served as a hospital matron in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, providing personal services and comfort for the wounded, and supervised the food and cleanliness of the hospitals. She exhorted women to serve in…
Life Behind Confederate Lines in Virginia: The Correspondence of James D. Davidson
“April 20, 1861-July 1, 1864. A Rockbridge County lawyer reflected the concerns of those citizens who lived in a part of Virginia which was often threatened by the war but invaded only once.”
Local Incidents of the War Between the States
"As a state historian for the U.D.C., Mrs. Cappieman gave her account of the war in the year 1901. The locale of her reminiscence’s centers on Claiborne County, MS. Through personal recollection, she vividly describes life in Mississippi during the…