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THE DIARY OF DOLLY LUNT BURGE, Part VII
“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…
THE DIARY OF DOLLY LUNT BURGE, Part VIII
“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor decreased. When Sherman's soldiers ravaged Burge's well-stocked smokehouse and larder and stole…
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.”
The Confederate Treasury
“April-May 1865. Richmond to Georgia. A brief account of the fate of Confederate gold and paper reserved on the flight from Virginia.”
The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb
“A valuable resource for the years immediately preceding, during, and following the Civil War.”
The Cotton Letters
“June 7, 1860-September 7, 1862. Powder Springs, Georgia, and Virginia. Correspondence of a Georgia family as the war began.”
The Alexander Letters, 1787-1900
"1787-1900. 131 copies for the family. Selection from six sisters and four brothers, children of Adam Leopold Alexander and his wife, Sarah Hillhouse Gilbert."
“Southern Plantation life before the War, few CSA letters reprint from other sources.…
“Southern Plantation life before the War, few CSA letters reprint from other sources.…