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A Florida Soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Hosford Letters

A Generous-Hearted Enemy

“1865. New Orleans to Memphis to Louisville to Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain notes pleasant events from former enemies as he goes home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, pd:1919, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Georgia Confederate Soldier Visits Montgomery, Alabama, 1862-1863

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Columbia GA, loc:Georgia, milt:20th Georgia Infantry Regiment, pd:1963, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Girl's Experience in the Siege of Vicksburg

“Personal reminiscence of the siege.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

A Letter from Bleak Hall, 1861

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Bleak Hall Plantation SC, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1961, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

A Letter from Occupied Tallahassee

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:The Battle of Natural Bridge, loc:Florida, loc:Tallahassee FL, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Letter of Captain V. Chamberlain 7th Connecticut Volunteers

“Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. A Union Officer describes two occupied towns.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, pd:1936, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Little Girl in the War

“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1922, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:military, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:memory

A Louisiana Engineer at the Siege of Vicksburg: Letters of Henry Ginder

“Ginder's "Letters" narrated his experiences as a civilian during the siege at Vicksburg.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1967, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Missouri Boy’s Experiences

“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:memory

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