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The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863;
“Vol. VII covers the Civil War era.”
A Missouri Boy’s Experiences
“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”
The War for Independence, North and South: The Diary of Samuel Catawba Lowry
“November 27, 1861-71862. Low Country, South Carolina. Coastal soldier.”
Going Home From the Army
“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home after the war.”
Remainiscing in Lively Vein
“December 1864. Near Eatonton, Georgia. An Arkansas rifleman remembers some interesting events from his experience in Georgia as a straggler trying to escape Sherman’s army.”
Down South: An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War
“Day came to the United States as a correspondent for the London MORNING HERALD to report conditions North and South. He landed at New York and, went to Lexington, KY, and thence to Nashville, presumably by Louisville, and on through Chattanooga,…
Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri "Bushwhacker," Being His Complete Confession
“A fascinating account of guerrilla warfare in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War. Hildebrand was a Southern partisan who claimed he only took to the field after several relatives were murdered by Federals. He conducted a…
Reminiscences of Peace and War
“A fine account of her wartime years in Virginia, written a number of years later.”