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Nancy Harts' of the Confederacy
”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”
Suffering in Fredericksburg: Refugees Returned After Battle to Find Chaos in Old City
“Early in 1863. Fredericksburg, Virginia. A description of destruction in the Virginia river town.”
War Times in Natchez
“1861-1865. Natchez, Mississippi. A lady recalls the years of the conflict in "Grand, exclusive, heroic Natchez.”
A Wayside Hospital
“1863-1865. High Point, North Carolina. A lady recalls local efforts to assist wounded soldiers at a hospital located in a converted hotel.”
What Sherman did to Fayetteville, N.C.
"A local resident summarized the destruction wreaked upon a key city: 'a special object of hatred to Sherman’s army.'”
A Memorable Night
“Spring 1863. Near Florence, Alabama. A lady recalls how Yankee raiders “plundered through our double parlors” in Union General Wilson’s raid.”
One Woman in the Great War
“1864-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A recollection of the last months of the war, just south of Richmond.”
War Recollections 3 of 3
“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”
War Recollections 2 of 3
“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”