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A March Past: Reminiscences of Elizabeth Randolph Preston Allen
"References to Stonewall Jackson and other Civil War materials."
A Memoir of Robert M.T. Hunter
“Hunter served as Secretary of State, CSA during part of the war.”
A Memorable Night
“Spring 1863. Near Florence, Alabama. A lady recalls how Yankee raiders “plundered through our double parlors” in Union General Wilson’s raid.”
A Monthly Concert at Tampa Bay
“A missionary describes her visit to a one-room church; hymns were sung, and church officials tried to secure contributions for the donation box.”
A Night of Terror
“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”
A Northern Woman in the Confederacy: From the Diary of Mrs. Eugene McLean
“Written at Washington, events November 1860 to April 1861.”
A Patriotic Confederate Woman's War Diary, 1862-1863
“1862-1863. From Perote, Alabama, Mrs. Crossley wrote on such topics as her slaves, conscription, and sewing for Confederate soldiers.”
A Poor Widow Asks for Food: 1865
“May 8, 1865. A Baldwin County, Georgia woman wrote this letter to Union Major General James H. Wilson, revealing the lingering desolation caused by Sherman's march across Georgia.”
A Prayer For The Spirit Of Acceptance: The Journal of Martha Wayles Robertson, 1860-66
“1860-1866. Robertson's diary often takes the form of a prayer, written as a spiritual exercise in self examination and communion with God. An early entry considered the threat of fratricide a national error, and she asked for God to reconcile the…