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Life in the South: From the Commencement of the War. Vol 2
“Miss Catherine Cooper Hopley was an English schoolteacher who had been living with relatives in Indiana a few years before going South to teach in 1860. She was a cultured, middle-class woman, a close observer who also read newspapers and kept…
Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences on an Alien in the
South During the American Civil War
“First, American edition. Watson, a Scotsman, emigrated to America a few years before the war and established a small business in Baton Rouge. Although a British subject, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on the outbreak of war.”
He Taught Near Eudora, Arkansas, in the Early Sixties
“Secondary article about Milan W. Seri, a young teacher from Wisconsin, who came to Arkansas in 1860, includes long portions of Seri's journal.”
Governor Milton and His Family. A Contemporary Picture of Life in Florida during the War
“An extract from her "Life in the South, etc."
Four Years in Rebel Capitals: An Inside View of Life in the Southern Confederacy, From Birth to Death
“1861-1865. De Leon spent most of the war years in Richmond, but his travels and comments warrant consideration. When the secession movement began De Leon was in Washington, but when delegates met in Montgomery to organize a central Confederate…
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,…
Five years in Texas: or, What you did not Hear During the War from January 1861 to January 1866. A narrative of his Travels, Experiences, and Observations, in Texas and Mexico
“This account of Texas during the Civil War, by a Northern merchant, turned preacher to evade the Confederate draft law, is written in a friendly spirit but contains some sharp criticism and incisive observations on the manners and customs of Texans.…
Down South: An Englishman's Experience at the Seat of the American War
“Day came to the United States as a correspondent for the London MORNING HERALD to report conditions North and South. He landed at New York and, went to Lexington, KY, and thence to Nashville, presumably by Louisville, and on through Chattanooga,…