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The Evacuation of Richmond
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. An account of the evacuation of Richmond and the entrance of Federal troops, into the Confederate capital. The author, who lived at the corner of Twelfth and Broad, recalled these trying times for her children.”
Reminiscences of the Confederacy
“1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee, and Richmond, Virginia. Reminiscences of the wife of a former judge recall wartime days in the Tennessee capital and the last weeks of the war as she fled from Richmond to the west.”
One Woman in the Great War
“1864-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A recollection of the last months of the war, just south of Richmond.”
What Sherman did to Fayetteville, N.C.
"A local resident summarized the destruction wreaked upon a key city: 'a special object of hatred to Sherman’s army.'”
That Bastard Rag
“February 1865. Winnsboro, South Carolina. A lady notes that Union occupation officers would refuse to provide hungry civilians with food because they “hoisted that bastard rag instead of the legitimate flag."
A Little Girl in the War
“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”
The Last Days of the Confederate Treasury and What Became of its Specie
“April 2 - May 4, 1865. Richmond and Danville, Virginia, and Washington, Georgia. The last CSA Treasurer describes, in recollections written in 1882, the effort to take Confederate southward in April 1865.”