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Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams
“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”
Civil War Memoirs of Mrs. Adeline Deadrick
“1861-March 17, 1869. Eastern Tennessee. In recollections written in 1890 and 1898," Facts Transpiring Within My Own Knowledge During the War in 1863-1864," on outspoken woman describes the many stresses and strains of the war in Appalachian area of…
A Child'd Recollections of War
“June 1864-April 1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A little girl’s memories of the trying last months of the war in the key city south of Richmond.”
My Story
“Recollections of Civil War El Paso.”
Led On! Step by Step: Scenes from Clerical, Military, Educational, and Plantation Life in the South, 1828-1898
“Autobiography of the founder of Holy Communion Church Institute, later known as Porter Academy.”
The History of a Work of Faith and Love in Charleston, South Carolina: Which Grew Out of the Calamities of the Late Civil War
“Contains a good account of the burning of Columbia, SC by Federals.”
Missouriana: Rolla in War Time
“Early in 1862. Rolla, Missouri. A brief description of the Central Missouri town by the noted Missouri novelist.”
North America
“Anthony Trollope, the well-known English author, made a trip to America in August 1861. He spent most of his time in the North and in Canada, but he dipped into the South along the northern border on a trip from Baltimore to Missouri. He visited…