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Inside the Confederate Government: The Diary of Robert Garlick Hill Kean, Head of the Bureau of War.“From September 15, 1861, to December 1865, this is a diary of a proud young Virginian who served as Head of the CSA Bureau of War. He viewed his…
Autobiography of an Octogenarian
Some Neglected Aspects of the American Civil War: Recollections of John C. Wade“1861- 1862. Yorktown, Virginia. Recollections of activities on the Peninsula, by an observer who was a boy of twelve years at the time recorded in…
Yazoo County in the Civil War
Reconstruction in Yazoo County
The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond: Early Recollections; Vivid Portrayal of Amusing Scenes
When Missouri Went into the War“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”
Letters From Nashville, 1862: A Portrait of Belle Meade“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month…
Evacuation of Richmond
A Southern Woman's Bravery“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s…