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Letters From Nashville, 1862: "Dear Master"

“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…

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My Lady of the South: A Story of the Civil War

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ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

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Letters From Nashville, 1862: A Portrait of Belle Meade

“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Belle Meade Plantation Tn, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1974, su:confederate, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:political, su:prison, su:slavery, ts:correspondence, ts:narrative

George Washington Diamond's Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862

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A Missouri Boy’s Experiences

“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:memory

LETTER FROM AN EYEWITNESS AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, 1864

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Documents Relating to Elisha Baxter's Imprisonment

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The Old Capitol and its Inmates

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1867, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:prison, ts:memory

A Southern Record.: The history of the Third Regiment, Louisiana Infantry

“A SOUTHERN RECORD is an exceptionally valuable commentary on conditions in the Civil War South, written by a Confederate soldier soon after the end of the conflict. Considerable portions of the narrative are transcriptions of notes kept by Tunnard,…

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