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Retreat of the Cabinet: Described by President Davis' Confederate Secretary, The Great Chiefs Noble Conduct
“April 2 - May 7, 1865. Richmond, Virginia - Washington, Georgia. Key Davis aide describes the flight of CSA Cabinet from Richmond, in 1896 recollections.”
The Last Days of the Confederate Treasury and What Became of its Specie
“April 2 - May 4, 1865. Richmond and Danville, Virginia, and Washington, Georgia. The last CSA Treasurer describes, in recollections written in 1882, the effort to take Confederate southward in April 1865.”
Tender Memories of V.M.I. Cadets
“May 1864. Newmarket, Virginia. A lady describes the efforts she and her neighbors gave to assist young V.M.I. cadets in battle.”
A Wayside Hospital
“1863-1865. High Point, North Carolina. A lady recalls local efforts to assist wounded soldiers at a hospital located in a converted hotel.”
A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer
“1861-1865. The reminiscences of a young woman, unidentified, ‘in her own words.’ A Virginia girl and the ‘Romance of War’ - Harold Straubig’s Civil War eyewitness.”
