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A Virginia Boy in the Sixties

“1861-1865. Mechanicsville, Virginia. A wartime youngster describes the toilsome years on the eastern edge of Richmond.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Seven Days Battle, loc:Hanover County VA, loc:Mechanicsville Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1912, su:battlefield, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Tennessee, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

“Social life, plantation, New Orleans during War.”

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1912, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

“Author was a member of Black Horse Cavalry, CSA in Fauquier County, VA. Relates his war experiences.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative