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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

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Cherokee County NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1992, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:local history, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Liberity tn, loc:Tennessee, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

“Late 1864-1865. Missouri. A lady sadly recalls Union decisions to oust Confederate supports.”

Tags: au:female, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:General Order No. 11, loc:Missouri, pd:1918, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

“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.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alexandria VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1929, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:local history, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, era:1861, era:1862, loc:Dutch Mills Ar, loc:Hermannsburg Ar, loc:Washington County Ar, pd:1950, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:German, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:slavery, ts:memory

“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative