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Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 1
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 2
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
War Letters of the Bishop of Richmond
“April 25, 1861-December 17, 1863. The correspondence between John McGill and the Bishop of Charleston illustrates the disruption the war created within the Catholic Church over such matters as the recommendation of clerics for elevation to the…
THE DIARY OF THE REVEREND CHARLES S. VEDDER, MAY-JULY, 1861
“A visitor in Monticello. GA.”
Letters from the Diocese of Little Rock, 1861-1865
“Letters to Archbishop. New Orleans from Bishops Andrew Byrne, Laurence Smyth, and Patrick R. Reilly.”
A Letter From the Archbishop of New Orleans, 1862
“February 28, 1862. Mentioned the effect of the war on religious activities. Church attendance was increasing; volunteer women's groups were being entrusted with field and military hospitals; the Union blockade was causing Odin problems as he…
