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Children of Honor: Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862

Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River, Raleigh, N.C.

“Half of the book relates to CSA operations. Wilmington was last Confederate port closed during the war, so this volume is mine of information on blockade running and naval history about these strategic ports.”

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Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States, With Some Personal Reminiscences.

“Of use only for political history, a defense of secession.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, pd:1901, su:confederate, su:economics, su:female experience, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Civil War Letters of Sam Houston

“October 7, 1862-April 21, 1863. Huntsville, Texas. Three letters to the editor of the Nacogdoches Chronicle reveal ex-Governor Samuel Houston s criticism of President Jefferson Davis and leading generals and his despondency over the declining…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Cedar Point Tx, loc:Huntsville Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1978, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876

Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Port Royal Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander, 1828-1874. Reprinted from the Jeffersonian Republican

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charlottesville NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Elisha Baxter's Autobiography

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Batesville Ar, milt:Arkansas Mounted Infantry, pd:1955, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:seccession, su:southern, su:union, su:unionist, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:correspondence

Excerpts from the Wartime Correspondence of Augustine T. Smythe

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, milt:25th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, milt:5th South Carolina Cavalry of Logan's Brigade, milt:South Carolina College Cadets, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Extinguishing the Lights: 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc: Plaquemines Parish LA, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Eads Lighthouse LA, loc:South West Pass Light House LA, pd:1860, pd:1861, pd:1978, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin

“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed significant events in the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1915, su:civilian, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:diary

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