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Life Behind Confederate Lines in Virginia: The Correspondence of James D. Davidson

“April 20, 1861-July 1, 1864. A Rockbridge County lawyer reflected the concerns of those citizens who lived in a part of Virginia which was often threatened by the war but invaded only once.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Linville Creek VA, loc:Rockbridge County VA, loc:Staunton VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1970, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Carlyles: A Story of the Fall of the Confederacy.

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1905, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:narrative

Some Recollections of George Caleb Bingham

“1861-1865. Missouri. General memories of the great Missouri artist, including his wartime activities.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Columbia MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Great Seal of CSA

Tags: era:1862, era:Civil War, su:confederate, su:political, ts:memory

Extinguishing the Lights: 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc: Plaquemines Parish LA, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Eads Lighthouse LA, loc:South West Pass Light House LA, pd:1860, pd:1861, pd:1978, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letters of a War Correspondent

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, pd:1899, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Memoirs

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1893, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:slavery, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

The Old South in Peace and War--Confiscation of Plantation

“1861-1863. Mississippi. A former resident of the Vicksburg area criticizes the high-handed manner in which Union Authority “acquired” Southern property.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:confiscation act, loc:Mississippi, pd:1921, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:political, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

The Life and Diary of John Floyd: Governor of Virginia, An Apostle of Secession and the Father of the Oregon Country

Tags: au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Oregon, loc:Oregon Country or, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:biography, ts:diary

Bill Arp, So Called: A Sideshow of the Southern Side of the War.

“The Record office was torn down by a mob for publishing this book. Sub-title: ‘I'm a good Union man, so-called but I'll bet on Dixie as long as I've got a dollar.’ (Hodgkins sale-1906 by C.F. Libbie, notes: ‘very rare, only 200 copies ever printed…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, loc:Georgia, pd:1866, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, ts:correspondence

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