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On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War
“First published in 1892, ON THE PLANTATION is the most autobiographical of Harris's works and includes extensive examples of his renderings of the African American Geechee dialect.”
Occupied Beaufort, 1863: A War Correspondent's View
“June 17, 1863. Beaufort, South Carolina. A view of the occupied seaport by a reporter for the Sacramento Daily Union.”
New Orleans at War: A Merchant's View
“June 8, 1861 -April 4, 1862. A manager of cotton brokerage reported the effects of the Federal blockade to one of the firm's owners. He included the state of the cotton market, the city's defenses, and the activities of the British Guard Battalion,…
Memories of Long Ago
“1861- 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A recollection of the Confederate Capital, especially women’s work in the hospitals.”
Mothers and Maidens of the Sixties
“1861-1865. Near Warren, Virginia; Valley of Virginia. A veteran remembers the tireless labors of women on the home front.”
Martyrdom in Missouri: A history of Religious Proscription, the Seizure of Churches, and the Persecution of Ministers of the Gospel, in the State of Missouri During the Late Civil War, and Under the "Test Oath" of the New Constitution
“Methodist Episcopal Church, South in Missouri during the war. Pro South.”
My Confederate Girlhood: The Memoirs of Kate Virginia Cox Logan
“Recalled her war years at Clover Hill, plantation source of coal for Richmond.”
My Cave Life in Vicksburg.: With Letters of Trial and Travel
"A valuable story of a gentlewoman's experiences under siege at Vicksburg."—Civil War Books. Most revealing for the trials endured by the inhabitants of the besieged city, told by the wife of CSA colonel, in her own words which need no…