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Letters To and From Jacob Thompson
“Postwar letters recall Thompson's wartime activities especially as a CSA agent in Europe.”
Life Behind Confederate Lines in Virginia: The Correspondence of James D. Davidson
“April 20, 1861-July 1, 1864. A Rockbridge County lawyer reflected the concerns of those citizens who lived in a part of Virginia which was often threatened by the war but invaded only once.”
Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 1
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 2
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
Life on the Old Plantation
1865. Georgia. A warm recollection of plantation days and the change brought by the war, and especially the kindness of “Uncle Wilkes.”