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Flower de Hundred: The Story of a Virginia Plantation

“Life before and during the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, loc:Virginia, pd:1890, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:Flowerdew Hundred Plantation, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern

The Carlyles: A Story of the Fall of the Confederacy.

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1905, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:narrative

Reminiscences of C. C. Cox

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Texas, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Some Recollections of George Caleb Bingham

“1861-1865. Missouri. General memories of the great Missouri artist, including his wartime activities.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Columbia MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Caddo Fencibles

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Shreveport LA, milt:16th Louisiana Volunteers, milt:Caddo Fencibles, milt:Companyc 16th Louisiana Volunteers, pd:1901, su:confederate, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:memory

Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron’s Memories

“Life in old South, before, during, and after the Civil War in Louisiana, includes diary and family conversations.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Cottage Hill Plantation, loc:East Feliciana La, loc:Jackson La, loc:Parish of East Feliciana La, pd:1901, su:enslaved, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:autobiography

Reminiscences of Official Life in Jefferson City, 1868-1875

“1865-1875. Jefferson City, Missouri. A recollection of life in the Missouri capital at the end of the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:postwar, loc:Jefferson City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1929, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:union, ts:memory

Then and Now: Reminiscences and Historical Romance, 1856-1865

“This is a chronicle of the author's experiences, primarily in North Carolina and primarily in the last half of the 19th century, life in Piedmont, etc., with chapters on the Civil War, slavery, evolution, courtship, etc. It includes intimate, fresh…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Forest City NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Rutherfordton NC, pd:1926, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Listen to the Mockingbird: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Virginia Family

“Family life during civil war and reconstruction. John Howe Capt., Co. E., 4th VA.”

The Americans at Home: Pen & Ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and Institutions

“Journey through the South on war and its aftermath, talking to both Union and CSA leaders: Lee, Grant, Semmes, Beauregard, Maffitt, Vance & D.H. Hill. Two chapters on Stonewall Jackson when he was given the bloodstained coat Jackson wore when…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, pd:1870, su:African American, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:narrative

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