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My Moving Tent
“Several chapters on CSA, minutes of Gen. Assoc., chaplains, and missionaries of Army of Tennessee.”
Three Hundred Miles in a Wagon
“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon trip back home a few weeks after the end of the war.”
Reminiscences -- Mother of the Confederacy
“1861-1865. Memphis, Tennessee, and Georgia. A proud Tennessee lady summarizes her untiring efforts to support the Southern “crusade.”
In the Days of Homespun Dresses
“1861-1863. Tennessee. A Southern woman believes that all like her “remembers the days of hardship, of ruined homes, and of bleeding hearts.”
The Second Presbyterian Church of Nashville During the Civil War
“June 17, 1861—August 5, 1862. Nashville, Tennessee. Letters and congregational records reflect the effects of the stress of the war, politics and union occupation on one religious’ group.”
The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate Refugee from East Tennessee
“1861-1864. Letters. Relates her departure from east Tennessee for Chester District, SC, only one day before the Union troops arrived. McCalla describes her efforts to care for her children (one son died, and another was born) and to raise crops on…