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Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation
“First published in 1866, this book gives a perceptive account of life in Richmond during the war. Written in the third person, this work is more a social history of Richmond than an autobiography. Like Mrs. Chesnutt’s diary, this source has clear…
Memoirs of Dr. Winthrop Hartly Hopson
“Experiences of Campbellite minister in Missouri. Incarcerated as Southern sympathizer during the war, then served under John Morgan as a chaplain.”
Beginning and Ending. Reminiscences of the First and Last days of the War. Interesting Personal Observations. The Thrilling and Exciting Times Immediately Preceding the War-First Battle of Manassas
“1861-1865. Recollections of the first months and last weeks of the war in Virginia.”
Sue Sparks Keitt to a Northern Friend, March 4, 1861
“March 4, 1861. Marlborough District, South Carolina. Mrs. Keitt, of South Carolina, offered Mrs. Brown with two reasons why Southern states were leaving the Union: the election of Abraham Lincoln and the tyrannical intentions of the "Black…
The Iron Furnace: or, Slavery and Secession.
“A highly colored description of events in northeast Mississippi from the eve of the war through the arrest of the author for pro-Yankee statements.”
Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels
“During the latter part of 1861, this fiery Knoxville newspaper editor became so obnoxious to the confederates that he sought safety in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Being induced to come back to Knoxville he was arrested and…
