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William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 2

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William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 1

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Four years in Secessia: A Narrative of a Residence at the South Previous to and During the Southern Rebellion, up to November 1863

“This pamphlet is an attack on the South and it’s kind of civilization, as seen by a native of New York who went from Cincinnati to Yazoo City, MS, in 1859 and engaged in teaching school while her son entered the business. After Mississippi seceded,…

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LETTERS OF GEORGE W. JOHNSON: Provisional Governor of Kentucky Under the Confederacy

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To Tuscaloosa and Beyond: A Union Cavalry Raider in Alabama, March-April 1865

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A Visit to South Carolina in 1860

“April 1860. South Carolina. This observer recalled the key personalities and places in Charleston and Columbia in the year before the war began.”

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Letters from Little Rock of Captain James M. Bowler, 112th United States Colored Troops

“The letters of a Union captain to his wife and mother written during his stay in the area around Little Rock, from July to December 1864.”

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The Negroes at Port Royal: Report of E. L. Pierce, Government Agent, to the Hon. Salmon P. Chase, Secretary of the Treasury.

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The Freedmen of Port Royal

“March 25 to May 10, 1862. Port Royal and Beaufort area. South Carolina. A Northern visitor describes the efforts to educate former slaves from the Sea Islands at Port Royal.”

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Military Medicine in Occupied New Orleans, 1863

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