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Watch on the Chattahoochee: A Civil War Letter“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”
First Days Amongst the Contrabands“Excellent summary of the conditions near Port Royal and Beaufort, SC in Civil War, where Miss Botume worked for the Freedmen's Aid Society—her work…
Leaves from an old Washington Diary, 1854-1863
A Southern Woman's Wartime Reminiscences“Benefit of Shiloh Monument Fund; description of a trip from Mobile to Memphis, and life in Alabama and Georgia.”
The Private War of Lizzie Hardin: A Kentucky Confederate Girl's Diary of the Civil War in Kentucky, Virginia, Tennessee, Alabama, and Georgia.“1860-August 2, 1865. Visiting in Abingdon, VA, when the war began, Hardin helped prepare soldiers for battle. Returning home to Harrodsburg, KY, she…
A March Past: Reminiscences of Elizabeth Randolph Preston Allen"References to Stonewall Jackson and other Civil War materials."
A Southern Woman’s Heroism
The Days of Sixty-Three
A Woman Rice Planter“NEW YORK SUN columns written by the bankrupt daughter of a former South Carolina governor reveal the struggles Southerners faced after the Civil…
Chronicles of Chicora Wood“About one-third of this memoir by a member of a truly respected South Carolina family describes her difficulties and hardships during the war years.”