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Rumbling of the Chariot Wheels
“An account of the Civil War-era "doings and misdoing in the barefooted period of a boy's life on a southern plantation" in the South Carolina Sea Islands.”
Some War Scenes Revisited
“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”
Sketches of My Life in the South
“Account of the capture of Fort Sumter by the Union forces. Worked for CSA inside the fort, when taken. A slave in the Singleton family of South Carolina.”
The South As It Is: or, Twenty-One Years' Experience in the Southern States of America
“Most of this book is concerned with a factual discussion of the South; only the last three of its sixteen chapters deal with the author's personal experiences. The Reverend Ozanne was an Englishman who became a resident of the South in 1841 as an…
The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas
"Fall of 1865. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This very perceptive description of three defeated states originated as a series of letters from a reporter for the Boston Daily Advertiser and the Chicago Tribune. American Culture…
Testimony of Margaret Ketcham Ward on Civil War Times in Georgia, Part II
“The statements made by a Birmingham hotel owner's wife before a U.S. Senate Committee in 1883 about the war years in Georgia—including very keen observations on her servants.”
The Americans at Home: Pen & Ink Sketches of American Men, Manners and Institutions
“Journey through the South on war and its aftermath, talking to both Union and CSA leaders: Lee, Grant, Semmes, Beauregard, Maffitt, Vance & D.H. Hill. Two chapters on Stonewall Jackson when he was given the bloodstained coat Jackson wore when…
The Correspondences of Jonathan Worth
“1861-1865. North Carolina, primarily from Raleigh and Asheboro. These letters reflect Worth's service in the state senate and as state treasurer.”
THE DIARY OF DOLLY LUNT BURGE, Part VIII
“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…