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A Journey Among the Contrabands: The Diary of Walter Totten Carpenter
“January 1-March 24, 1864. Sent by the Indiana Quakers to Tennessee and Alabama to monitor the aid being given to the slaves who had escaped to, or been brought within, Union lines, Carpenter recorded miles traveled, the weather, and conditions of…
Eneas Africanus
“Mentioned travels in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, in the years 1864 to 1872.”
Recollection and Reflections
“1861-1865. Tuskegee, Alabama. A young man’s remembrance of the war years, his fathers’ close friend William L. Yancey, Union raids under General Wilson in 1865, and “the reign of’ Reconstruction.”
Reminiscences of Rousseau's Raid
“Fall of 1863. Talladega, Alabama. A young boy’s memory of a Union raid on his hometown and “the important part the women and boys and slaves played at home during the war.”
How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner
“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”
The Florence Nightingale of the Southern Army: Experiences of Mrs. Ella K. Newsom, Confederate nurse in the Great War of 1861-65
“Includes material about women's hospital work.”
