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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,…
Eneas Africanus
“Mentioned travels in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, in the years 1864 to 1872.”
From Flag to Flag: A Woman's Adventures and Experiences in the South During the War, in Mexico, and in Cuba
“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…
Five years in Texas: or, What you did not Hear During the War from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his Travels, Experiences, and Observations, in Texas and Mexico
“This account of Texas during the Civil War, by a Northern merchant, turned preacher to evade the Confederate draft law, is written in a friendly spirit but contains some sharp criticism and incisive observations on the manners and customs of Texans.…
Forsaking All Others: A Story of Sherman's March Through Georgia
“Fiction-based facts? Southern suffering, the brutality of Sherman.”
Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy, From Birth to Death
“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…