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Thomas R.R. Cobb: Extracts from Letters to his Wife, February 3, 1861-December 10, 1862

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“February 3, 1861 - December 10, 1862. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond and Virginia battle frontier. Extracts, from letters to his wife, by key Georgia moderate secessionist, describe events in Confederate congress and then from Virginia…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1900, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

The Papers of Thomas Ruffin

“Vol. 3, covers the Confederacy. Ruffin supported secession and served as a CSA Commissioner from North Carolina.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:diary, ts:offical documents

Searching for the American Dream in Arkansas: Letters of a Pioneer Family

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Pine Bluff Ar, loc:Prairie County Ar, pd:1979, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb

“A valuable resource for the years immediately preceding, during, and following the Civil War.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, pd:1913, su:confederate, su:economics, su:political, su:seccession, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:correspondence

A Letter of Captain V. Chamberlain 7th Connecticut Volunteers

“Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. A Union Officer describes two occupied towns.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, pd:1936, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Connecticut Yankee Fights at Olustee: Letters from the Front

Tags: he:Olustee, loc:Florida, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:religion, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Connecticut Yankee after Olustee

Tags: au:northern, era:1864, loc:connecticut, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Crittenden County Ky, loc:Kentucky, pd:1974, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Two Letters of H. Winbourne Drake, Civil War Refugee in Northwest Louisiana

“An account of flight to northwest Louisiana, surprisingly to find happiness and comfort.”

Tags: au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, milt:Fifteenth Louisiana Cavalry Battalion, pd:1966, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:correspondence

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