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The Life and Adventures of Capt. Robert W. Andrews of Sumter, South Carolina: Extending over a period of 97 years ... Together with reminiscences of the war of 1812, and the recent "unpleasantness" between the North and South.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:autobiography

Recollections of Harriet DuBose Kershaw Lang, Part 1

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Tags: era:1861-1865, era:postwar, he:Appomattox, loc:South Carolina, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding

Recollections of Harriet du Bose Kershaw Lang, Part 2

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Tags: era:1861-1865, era:postwar, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc: Columbia sc, loc:Hard scramble va, loc:South Carolina, loc:Virginia, su:childhood, su:slaveholding, su:war experience

LOUISIANA BURGE: THE DAIRY OF A CONFEDERATE COLLEGE GIRL

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Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Burge Plantation GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Newton County Ga, pd:1952, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Texas Memoirs of Amelia E. Barr

“1857-1867. Austin, Texas. This item is a truly delightful account of the Texas years of the prolific late-nineteenth-century novelist in Austin. By her daughter Lillie Barr Munroe, and includes some very informative views of the war years in the…

Tags: au:female, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Austin TX, loc:Texas, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:memory

Recollections of My Plantation Teachers

Plantation Memories of the Civil War

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1915, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

My Greatest Childhood Sorrow

“Unknown time or place. A said recollection of the effects of the war on a young boy’s neighbor.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1923, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:military, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Boyhood Days in Alabama

“1861-1865. Wilcox County, Alabama. A lad, only seven years old in 1861, recalls the realities of the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Camden Al, loc:Canton Bend Al, loc:Wilcox County Al, pd:1923, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Echoes from the Battlefield; Or, Southern Life During the War

“Impersonal account of life for a Georgia family during the war, by an M.D. living near Atlanta.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1902, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:war experience, ts:memory

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