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Zulma: A Story of the Old South
“On the plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish before and during the Civil War, the faithfulness of a slave girl.”
A Southerner Views the South, 1865: Letters of Harvey M. Watterson
“June 7-July 8, 1865. North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. This observer was sent to the defeated south to report to Andrew Johnson, a fellow Tennessean, and describe opinions in the region.”
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.”
“Beauty and Booty:” The Watchword of New Orleans
“New Orleans during the war, occupation, and atrocities.”
My Childhood Recollections of the War
“1861-1865. Virginia. The war years as recalled by a woman who was five years of age when the conflict began.”
Princess of Glendale: A Story of the South
“War, slavery, and politics.”
An Incident of War Times
“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."
Old Louisiana
“A chronicle of two centuries of Louisiana plantation life told through remembrances, stories, diary excerpts, drawings, and lore.”