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A Sassy Little Rebel
“1861. Washington, D.C. CSA sympathies of a spunky girl in Parkersburg, WV.”
A Southern Woman's Bravery
“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s treasures from Yankee plunderers.”
A Southern Woman's Wartime Reminiscences
“Benefit of Shiloh Monument Fund; description of a trip from Mobile to Memphis, and life in Alabama and Georgia.”
A Virginian's Diary in Civil War Days
“August 17 to December 31, 1862. Kinloch Plantation Fauquier County, Virginia. This article is almost entirely composed of entries from the diary of a plantation owner, Edward Carter Turner, Unionist who described the ravages of the war in Northern…
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.”
A Waif From Texas
“Ante-bellum recollections of life on a plantation, slaves in Texas Panhandle after the war.”
