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A Balcony in Charleston
“Letters of life and times of Caroline Howard Gilman, experiences of a "Confederate Mother", during Civil War, to her sister in the North and to her daughter, the wife of James Russell Lowell.”
Seventy Years of an Active Life
“Printed for private circulation. Sterne was an Englishman who first came to Texas in 1852. He helped survey the first proposed rail line in Texas and had many adventures with Ben McCulloch in 1856- 1857. During the Civil War, he served as a Union…
My Yesteryears: An Autobiography
“Chapters on Jeff Davis, Prisons, etc.”
A Waif From Texas
“Ante-bellum recollections of life on a plantation, slaves in Texas Panhandle after the war.”
The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte.
“The early chapters of this volume, written by a distinguished scientist describe his antebellum and wartime experiences in Georgia and South Carolina, especially at Columbia. See also WARE SHERMAN and WHEN THE WORLD END.”
Memoir of Rev. Samuel B. McPheeters
“Although the work of a Presbyterian minister in St. Louis, this is a valuable insight into the difficulties of life in Border State during the War.”