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Personne Goes to Georgia: Five Civil War Letters

“March 1-18, 1862. "Personne," a correspondent for the Charleston DAILY COURIER, wrote that Savannans felt that their fortifications were strong enough to repel an anticipated Union attack and that normal social life had resumed. He praised…

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Catholicity in the Carolinas and Georgia: leaves of its history ... A.D. 1820 - A.D. 1878

Tags: au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Columbia SC, loc:Georgia, loc:New Bern NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Savannah GA, loc:South Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1879, su:observer, su:religion, su:travel, ts:narrative

A Civil War Sermon As Recounted In The Emma E. Holmes Diary

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The Charleston Fire of 1861 as Described in the Emma E. Holmes Diary

“December 11-12, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A young woman whose home was destroyed by a severe fire in the city described the conflagration in her diary.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1975, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:diary