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The Battle of Rio, Virginia“April 1864. Rio, Virginia. A young woman’s memory of combat near her home on the Rivanna River.”
South Carolina Women in the Confederacy“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary…
Reminiscences -- Mother of the Confederacy“1861-1865. Memphis, Tennessee, and Georgia. A proud Tennessee lady summarizes her untiring efforts to support the Southern “crusade.”
A Girl of the Sixties“1861-1862. Kentucky. From her memory as “a resentful girl of thirteen years,” a recollection of Union occupation early in the war.”
Memories of a Long life in Virginia“Much on CSA, knew Lee and Jackson.”
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…
In the Days of Homespun Dresses“1861-1863. Tennessee. A Southern woman believes that all like her “remembers the days of hardship, of ruined homes, and of bleeding hearts.”
Mrs. Rose Greenhow's Book
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…
Boyce-Hammond Correspondence“March 17, 1862-October 5, 1864. Wartime correspondence between two South Carolina critics of Jefferson Davis.”