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“1861-1865. De Leon spent most of the war years in Richmond, but his travels and comments warrant consideration. When the secession movement began De Leon was in Washington, but when delegates met in Montgomery to organize a central Confederate…

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“This pamphlet is an attack on the South and it’s kind of civilization, as seen by a native of New York who went from Cincinnati to Yazoo City, MS, in 1859 and engaged in teaching school while her son entered the business. After Mississippi seceded,…

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“Mrs. Ripley and her husband lived on a Mississippi River plantation four miles below Baton Rouge, Louisiana. After the fall of New Orleans and the fighting around Baton Rouge, the Ripley’s fled to Texas. Sending some of their slaves ahead, they set…

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“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is exchanged for “a 20-gold piece.”

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"1861. Eastern shore of Virginia. A native of the region east of Chesapeake Bay declares “This entire country... was intensely Southern in sentiment.”
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