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Some Reminiscences
Papers of Willie Person Mangum“Whig senator.”
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…
Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences on an Alien in the“First, American edition. Watson, a Scotsman, emigrated to America a few years before the war and established a small business in Baton Rouge.…
Florida on the Eve of the Civil War as Seen by a Southern Reporter“A reporter for the Charleston Daily Courier describes Florida in March and April 1861.”
Trinity College in War Times“December 1862. Nashville to Richmond. A contemporary letter describes a railroad trip from Tennessee to Virginia.”
Reminiscences of a Long Life: Historical, Political, Personal and Literary“Historical and biographical sketches, principally in Tuscaloosa, AL. No others published.”
Woman Saved Richmond City: Thrilling Story of Dahlgren's Raid and Mrs. Seddons' Old Blackberry Wine“March 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A memory of one woman’s valiant effort to save Confederate capital during a Union cavalry attack.”
How a Woman Helped to Save Richmond“March 1884. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of the Confederate secretary of War helps to thwart Ulric Dahlgren’s raid on the CSA capital.”
Louisville During the War