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A Confederate Nurse: The Diary of Ada W. Bacot

“Ada W. Bacot's diary of her experiences as a nurse in the South Carolina hospital for Confederate soldiers in Charlottesville, Virginia provides a rare record of Confederate hospital life as perceived by a lady volunteer. Bacot, a young widow, did…

Tags: au:female, era:1860, era:1860s, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:plantation, su:war experience, ts:diary

Bushwhacker Activity on the Missouri Border: Letters to Dr. Glen O. Hardeman, 1862-1865

“1862- 1865. Western Missouri. A number of communications describe events in the area devastated by raiders supporting both sections in the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, milt:75th Regiment Militia Missouri, pd:1964, su:camp life, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:slaveholding, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Confederate Hospitals at Petersburg, Va

“1862-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A woman describes the tireless work by many individuals to help the Confederate wounded.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1921, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Camp Life in Civil War Louisiana: The Letters of Private Isaac Dunbar Affleck

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Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Alexandria LA, loc:Louisiana, pd:1964, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Down In Louisiana, 1862

“1862. Louisiana. A Presbyterian minister remembers the heat, mosquitoes, and concern for the CSA.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:Pecan Groove LA, pd:1919, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:prison, su:religion, su:slavery, su:union, su:war experience, ts:memory

Excerpts from the Wartime Correspondence of Augustine T. Smythe

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, milt:25th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, milt:5th South Carolina Cavalry of Logan's Brigade, milt:South Carolina College Cadets, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Experience in Richmond Hospitals

“Spring 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A former soldier recalls the realities of hospital days.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, loc:Windsor Hospital Va, pd:1908, su:confederate, su:medical, su:warfront, ts:memory

End of Vicksburg Campaign

“1862- 1863. Mississippi and Mobile. A Confederate chaplain’s experiences near the frontlines of battle and a trip to Mobile.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Jackson MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Mobile MS, pd:1920, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

Exhumation of the Body of John C. Calhoun 1863

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Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:exhumation of John C. Calhoun, loc:Carleston SC, loc:Morris Island SC, pd:1951, su:medical, su:political, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Echoes from hospital and White House

Tags: loc:Washington D.C., su:abraham lincoln, su:camp hospital, su:medical, su:religion

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