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From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865
"May-July 1865. Privately printed. Author's diary describing her teaching experiences on Edisto Island, near Charleston, SC."
Letters from Little Rock of Captain James M. Bowler, 112th United States Colored Troops
“The letters of a Union captain to his wife and mother written during his stay in the area around Little Rock, from July to December 1864.”
Memoir of Rev. Samuel B. McPheeters
“Although the work of a Presbyterian minister in St. Louis, this is a valuable insight into the difficulties of life in Border State during the War.”
My Return from Dixie
“April-May-1865. Macon, Mississippi; Memphis to Louisville, to Gallatin, Tennessee. The wife of a former Confederate officer remembers her return home to Middle Tennessee soon after the end of the war.”
Recollections of Slavery Times
A man that was formerly enslaved tells his story about being enslaved in North Carolina
Sketches of My Life in the South
“Account of the capture of Fort Sumter by the Union forces. Worked for CSA inside the fort, when taken. A slave in the Singleton family of South Carolina.”
Some War Scenes Revisited
“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”