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OLD CANOOCHEE—OGEECHEE CHRONICLES: War Time and After
“Recollections of Savannah during the war.”
Occurrences at Lee's Surender
“April 1865. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. An eyewitness remembers many of the details of the historic surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.”
Our Family Physician
“1861-1865. Eastern Virginia. A memory of the valiant work of a Virginia healer, Dr. Ezekiel Starke Tally of Hanover County.”
North Carolina women of the Confederacy
"Includes reminiscences and some wartime community associations' minutes."
New Orleans at War: A Merchant's View
“June 8, 1861 -April 4, 1862. A manager of cotton brokerage reported the effects of the Federal blockade to one of the firm's owners. He included the state of the cotton market, the city's defenses, and the activities of the British Guard Battalion,…
Narrative of Reminiscences in Williamsburg County
“Has limited value for wartime years in this South Carolina county.”
North Garden Stations, Va., 1862
“Fall of 1862. North Garden Station, Virginia. A wounded Confederate soldier remembers kind assistance by residents near an improvised temporary field hospital.”
Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the Line," and a Genealogical Record
Mary Jones Polk was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca Long Polk. Her parents were married at Mt. Gallant, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1814 or 1818. They moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1828 or…