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My Greatest Childhood Sorrow
“Unknown time or place. A said recollection of the effects of the war on a young boy’s neighbor.”
Memories of 1865-1871
Civil War and Reconstruction.
Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period
“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…
Boyhood Days in Alabama
“1861-1865. Wilcox County, Alabama. A lad, only seven years old in 1861, recalls the realities of the war.”
A Boy of the Old Dominion During the War Between the States
“1861-1865. Alexandria, Virginia. The memories of a youngster living in the busy city on the south bank of the Potomac—across from Washington, D.C.”
A Virginia Boy in the Sixties
“1861-1865. Mechanicsville, Virginia. A wartime youngster describes the toilsome years on the eastern edge of Richmond.”
A Boy and His Flag
“1861. Virginia. A young man in 1861 recalls his first Confederate flag and later coming back to Virginia from Baltimore and meeting confederate leaders north of Richmond.”