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The Good Samaritan at Franklin

“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former soldier describes the “devoted and unselfish service to the sick and wounded” by Mrs. John McGavock.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:medical, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, pd:1862, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, ts:narrative

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1866, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:North Carolina, loc:South Carolina, pd:1948, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:North Carolina, loc:South Carolina, pd:1948, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Chattahoochee GA, loc:Georgia, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1959, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

“March 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A memory of one woman’s valiant effort to save Confederate capital during a Union cavalry attack.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1906, su:Battle of Richmond, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1878, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:observer, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory