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Recollections of War as a Child, 1861-65

“1863-1864. Knoxville, Tennessee. A lady recalls the siege and occupation of her city.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Knoxville Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1928, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:postwar, loc:Mississippi, loc:Yazzo County MS, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:economics, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1860s, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Cassville Ga, loc:Georgia, pd:1947, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1860s, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Cassville Ga, loc:Georgia, pd:1947, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

“1865. Kentucky and Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain comments upon the first months of Union dominance in the defeated South.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:postwar, loc:Pennsylvania, loc:Pittsburgh PA, pd:1920, su:civilian, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, ts:narrative

“1861-1865. Memphis, Tennessee, and Georgia. A proud Tennessee lady summarizes her untiring efforts to support the Southern “crusade.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1894, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Texas, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, pd:1883, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:southern, ts:biography

“Sketchy recollections of a business associate and acquaintance of Davis.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc: Pass Christian MS, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, loc:New Orleans LA, loc:Rosehart Plantation MS, pd:1907, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:memory

“CSA General, of 6th Tennessee.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:McNairy County TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1882, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative