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THE DIARY OF DOLLY LUNT BURGE, Part I

“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…

From Paraclifta to Marks' Mill: The Civil War Correspondence of Lieutenant Robert C. Gilliam

Tags: au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Red River Campaign, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Missouri River, loc:Marks' Mill AR, pd:1958, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

James M. Torbert's Journal for 1857-1874

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, pd:1960, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Glimpse at Occupied New Orleans: The Diary of Thomas H. Duval of Texas, 1863-1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisville, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1989, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:diary

Pocket Diary for 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Greensboro AL, pd:1966, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Letter from Dardanelle to Jonesville, South Carolina

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:postwar, loc:Arkansas, loc:Jonesville SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1969, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River, Raleigh, N.C.

“Half of the book relates to CSA operations. Wilmington was last Confederate port closed during the war, so this volume is mine of information on blockade running and naval history about these strategic ports.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Cape Fear Nc, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1914, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:local history, su:observer, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, ts:narrative

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade, Being a Turn of the Century Account of Blockade Running

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Blockade of Cape Fear River, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1960, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, ts:narrative

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade

“While this recollection by a truly distinguished citizen of Wilmington concentrates on the blockade activities, it includes much material on the city itself.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Seige of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Robert Ormsby Sweeny: Some Civil War Sketches

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1983, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:narrative

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