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A Prayer For The Spirit Of Acceptance: The Journal of Martha Wayles Robertson, 1860-66

“1860-1866. Robertson's diary often takes the form of a prayer, written as a spiritual exercise in self examination and communion with God. An early entry considered the threat of fratricide a national error, and she asked for God to reconcile the…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Petersburg, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Virginia, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Jeff. Davis House. Reminiscences Connected with its Ante-Bellum History-The Brockenbroughs, Morsons, Seddons, and Crenshaws, etc

Tags: au:female, au:southern, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1891, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:slaveholding, su:war experience, ts:memory

Southland Stories

“Background of war stories.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:piedmont region VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slavery, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Suffering in Fredericksburg: Refugees Returned After Battle to Find Chaos in Old City

“Early in 1863. Fredericksburg, Virginia. A description of destruction in the Virginia river town.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fredericksburg, loc:Fredericksburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Life and Diary of John Floyd: Governor of Virginia, An Apostle of Secession and the Father of the Oregon Country

Tags: au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Oregon, loc:Oregon Country or, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:biography, ts:diary

The Evacuation of Richmond: Personal Recollections of Mrs. Amella Gorgas as Recorded in Her Diary

“April 2, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. Fall of the Confederate capital, as described in the diary of the CSA Ordnance Officer.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1917, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond: Early Recollections; Vivid Portrayal of Amusing Scenes

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:gates county nc, loc:North Carolina, loc:suffolk va, loc:the dismal swamp, loc:Virginia, su:homefront, su:local history, su:observer, su:travel, ts:narrative

Social Life in Richmond During the War

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:1891, era:Civil War, he:The Seven Days Battles, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Some Letters of the Barnard Elliott Habersham Family 1858-1868

“January 20, 1858 - April 27, 1868. South Carolina and Virginia. Some wartime letters of the family of an Episcopal rector in Sumter County, South Carolina.”

Selections from the Miscellaneous Writings of Dr. George W. Bagby.

Tags: era:1885, era:postwar, loc:Lynchburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1884-85, su:military, ts:biography

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