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A Record of Events in Norfolk County, Virginia, from April 19th, 1861, to May 10th, 1862, With a History of the Soldiers and Sailors of Norfolk County, Norfolk City, and Portsmouth, Who Served in the Confederate States Army or Navy
“Contains the muster rolls of the Third Virginia Regiment, Virginia Riflemen, National Grays, Ninth Virginia Regiment, Old Dominion Guard, Virginia Rangers, Sixty-first Virginia Regiment, Sixth Virginia Regiment, as well as numerous others.”
A Red-Headed Rebel
“Unknown time or place. A cute wartime story.”
A Great Old-Time Schoolmaster
“1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee. A fond remembrance of the Rev. C.D. Elliott, wartime "principal of the old Nashville Female Academy.”
A Roundabout Way Home
“1865. Kentucky. The first weeks at home for a former Confederate chaplain.”
A Generous-Hearted Enemy
“1865. New Orleans to Memphis to Louisville to Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain notes pleasant events from former enemies as he goes home after the war.”
An Errand to the South in the Summer of 1862
“The Rev. W. Wyndham Malet was Vicar of Ardeley, near Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England. He came to America to visit his sister at Conway, SC. He traveled by steamer from Baltimore to Fortress Monroe, on a British warship to Charleston, by train to…
An Incident of War Times
“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."
Airy Mount -- In Sherman's Track
“November 1894-January 1865. Near Oxford, Georgia. A recollection of the sad realities of Sherman’s march through the area of a proud plantation presided over by the daughter of Methodist Bishop Andrew.”
