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In Sherman's Wake
“February-March 1865. Marlboro County, South Carolina. A young student at the Federal Academy in Bennettsville, South Carolina describes the Union troops’ dash through that town and school.”
Inside the Lines at Franklin
“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former “schoolgirl of 1864” remembers the “awful battle at Franklin.”
How I took a Letter on a Yankee General
“No Date. Maryland to “Western Virginia.” A schoolgirl’s teasing of an “enemy” officer.”
Experiences of a War-Time Girl
“1861-1864. Northern Virginia. The memories and joys of the war by a then-young girl who had “never forgotten the horrors of the War between the States.”
Daring Molly Tynes
“July 1863. Near Tazewell, Virginia. A recollection of a daring riot by an “eighteen-year-old courier. . . beautiful of form and face” who rode to Wytheville, Virginia to warn the residents of a Yankee advance.”
A Confederate Girl's Diary
"March 9, 1862 - May 2, 1865. One of the best Confederate diaries, written by a Baton Rouge girl, who was a fervent Confederate. In 1863, she moved to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and later into New Orleans. Dawson was initially ambivalent…
A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer
“1861-1865. The reminiscences of a young woman, unidentified, ‘in her own words.’ A Virginia girl and the ‘Romance of War’ - Harold Straubig’s Civil War eyewitness.”