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Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance
“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to evade and out-wit Federal occupation officers.”
The Letters of William Beverley Randolph Hackley: Treasury Agent in West Tennessee, 1863-1866
“November 22, 1863 - April 2, 1866. Memphis and La Grange, Tennessee. Nine letters from a native Virginian, who had moved to Joliet, Illinois, before being sent to Western Tennessee as an agent of the U.S. Treasury Department, to his family,…
The Civil War Diary of Louisa Brown Pearl
"September 1, 1861-March 22, 1862. Nashville. The Pearl family, who had migrated to Nashville from the North in the mid-1850s, was split by sectional antagonisms. In 1861 Mr. Pearl took the daughters to Detroit. John, the son, joined the 1st…
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…