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A Virginia Boy in the Sixties
“1861-1865. Mechanicsville, Virginia. A wartime youngster describes the toilsome years on the eastern edge of Richmond.”
A Girl in the Sixties in Richmond
“1861-1865. Richmond. Virginia Lite in the Confederate capital in the memory of a young woman.”
Rumbling of the Chariot Wheels
“An account of the Civil War-era "doings and misdoing in the barefooted period of a boy's life on a southern plantation" in the South Carolina Sea Islands.”
Bread Upon the Waters
“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”
Southern Silhouettes
“Sketches of life on Louisiana and Mississippi plantations during the war.”
Recollections of the Civil War
“1861-1865. Central and western Missouri. A young teenager from the western border of Missouri recalls the war in that region and how the conflict totally engulfed him and his neighbors.”
Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period
“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…
The Rebel Letter
“April 23, 1861. Prairie Farm, Tennessee. Volunteer state pride and Southern loyalty expressed in a young woman’s letter.”