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An Errand to the South in the Summer of 1862
“The Rev. W. Wyndham Malet was Vicar of Ardeley, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England. He came to America to visit his sister at Conway, SC. He traveled by steamer from Baltimore to Fortress Monroe, on a British warship to Charleston, by train to…
An Incident of War Times
“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."
Autobiography of James L. Smith: Including also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.
“A description of the war by a slave driven from the Memphis area to Alabama and Mississippi.”
Deterioration of a Georgia Rice Plantation During Four Years of Civil War
“May 1861-June 30, 1865. Near Savannah, Georgia. Diary of a member of a famed Charleston Huguenot family records effects of war on a rice plantation a few miles upriver from Savannah.”
Diary of John Berkley Grimball 1858-1865, Part 1
“April 1, 1858 - June 17, 1865. Charleston and Vicinity. Business, plantation, and military affairs near Charleston and described by a proud plantation owner who was among the most prominent citizens of the Low Country.”
Diary of John Berkley Grimball 1858-1865, Part 2
“April 1, 1858 - June 17, 1865. Charleston and Vicinity. Business, plantation, and military affairs near Charleston and described by a proud plantation owner who was among the most prominent citizens of the Low Country.”
Diary of John Berkley Grimball 1858-1865, Part 3
“April 1, 1858 - June 17, 1865. Charleston and Vicinity. Business, plantation, and military affairs near Charleston and described by a proud plantation owner who was among the most prominent citizens of the Low Country.”