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Letters From Nashville, 1862: "Dear Master"
“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…
Letters From Nashville, 1862: A Portrait of Belle Meade
“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…
Lest We Forget
“Unknown date. “Rural” South Carolina. A Cheering recollection about the generosity of Southern women to their defenders.”
Memories of 1865-1871
Civil War and Reconstruction.
My Confederate Grandmothers
“1861-1865. Texas. A woman recalls stories about her grandmothers’ wartime experiences.”
My Christmas Dinner in 1863
“December 1863. LaGrange, Georgia. A hungry Confederate captain on furlough describes the joy of eating a turkey who “died of a sore throat.”
Memoirs, Letters, and Diary Entries of German Settlers in Northwest Arkansas, 1853-1863
“Often poignant contemporary views of the war's effects among recent German immigrants in the hill country north of Fort Smith.”
My Old Black Mammy
“1861-1865. General. A Confederate recalled “the character and virtues of the Negroes before and during the war.”