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Notice to President Davis of His Election
“February 1861. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A former telegrapher remembers the notification to Jefferson Davis of his election as President.”
War Memories of a Virginia Woman
“1861-1863. Northern Virginia. A lady recalls the hopeful beginnings of the war in the plantation are near the Chesapeake Bay and later her escape through Union lines to the Shenandoah Valley.”
Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne
“Yankee teacher in the South.”
Laurence M. Keitt's Letters from the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy, 1861
“February 13 - August 20, 1861. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia. A young "Calhoonist" describes the creation of the CSA Congress.”
My Yesteryears: An Autobiography
“Chapters on Jeff Davis, Prisons, etc.”
