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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

“1861-1865. Texas to Kentucky. The recollections of Texas wife who tried to follow her husband toward the war front, where he died.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, he:battle of new orleans, milt:terry's texas rangers, pd:1893, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

“July 4, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A pleasant spoof of confederate food shortages at the siege of Vicksburg.”

Tags: era:1863, era:Civil War, pd:1910, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, loc:Saline County Ar, milt:1st Arkansas Regiment Arkansas Volunteers, pd:1972, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

“Summer of 1861. Place not stated. A story of romance early in the war.”

Tags: era:1861, pd:1893, su:war experience, su:warfront

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Mexico MO, loc:Missouri, loc:St. Louis MO, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

“1863? Pulaski County, Virginia. “A schoolgirl during the War” remembers poignant events on the home front.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, loc:Edgewood WV, loc:Pulaski County Virginia, loc:Virginia, loc:West Virginia, su:battlefield, su:child girl, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Bayou Sara LA, loc:Louisiana, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront

“Personal reminiscence of the siege.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:diary