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The Siege of Vicksburg
“May-July 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A young man’s memories of the siege and capture of the river port.”
The Trials of our Women in the War
“October 1862, August 1863. Missouri. Recollections of home font woes of Confederates in Missouri.”
The University of North Carolina
"1861-1865. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A personal reflection of events in Chapel Hill and at UNC during the war."
The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
"December 19, 1864—August 2, 1865. Andrews traveled over a broken railroad system and in wagons from Washington to a plantation near Albany, across the route of Sherman's march across Georgia. On the trains, she listened to a Confederate soldier…
The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate Refugee from East Tennessee
“1861-1864. Letters. Relates her departure from east Tennessee for Chester District, SC, only one day before the Union troops arrived. McCalla describes her efforts to care for her children (one son died, and another was born) and to raise crops on…
The White Castle of Louisiana
“Before, during, and after War, on a Louisiana plantation.”
The Women of Alabama in the War
“1861-1865. Alabama. Memories of “one then in her teens” of the work of women in ‘that wonderful period of our beloved South.”
The Women of Mosby's Confederacy
“1861-1865. Northern Virginia. Recollections of the stubborn Southern loyalty by women in the counties of Virginia near the Potomac River.”
The Women of the Confederacy, in Which is Presented the Heroism of the Women of the Confederacy with Accounts of their Trials During the War and the Period of Reconstruction, with Their Ultimate Triumph over Adversity. Their Motives and Achievements as Told by Writers and Orators Now Preserved in Permanent Form
“Collection of sentimental sketches describing the devotion of Southern women to the Confederate cause. Includes more than 160 articles, culled from a variety of sources, on the experience of Southern women during and after the Civil War. chapters…