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Letters of Thomas B. Hanly, 1863-1864
“Was in the CSA House Representatives and delegate to the CSA Convention.”
Letters To and From Jacob Thompson
“Postwar letters recall Thompson's wartime activities especially as a CSA agent in Europe.”
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.”
Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences on an Alien in the
South During the American Civil War
“First, American edition. Watson, a Scotsman, emigrated to America a few years before the war and established a small business in Baton Rouge. Although a British subject, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on the outbreak of war.”
Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 1
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
Life is Uncertain… Willard Hall Mendenhall's 1862 Civil War Diary, Part 2
“January 1-December 31, 1862. A carriage maker and farmer who lived near Lexington, Mo. He recorded the hardships and sufferings of civilians caused by successive Union and Confederate armies subsisting off the land; guerrilla actions of both forces;…
Life of Jefferson Davis, With a Secret History of the Southern Confederacy, gathered "behind the scenes in Richmond."
“An avid secessionist, he held Davis and the government in Richmond responsible for losing the war.”
Listen to the Mockingbird: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Virginia Family
“Family life during civil war and reconstruction. John Howe Capt., Co. E., 4th VA.”