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THE ESCAPE OF CONFEDERATE SECRETARY OF WAR JOHN CABELL BRECKINRIDGE AS REVEALED BY HIS DIARY

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The Last March

“March-April, 1865. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. The return home for a soldier at the end of the War.”

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The Life Story of Franklin Wilson, As Told by Himself in His Journals

“Civil War times in Maryland.”

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The Earle-Buchanan Letters of 1861-1876

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The Journal of Julia le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863

“A very useful account of wartime New Orleans, before and after Federal occupation.”

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The Last Year of the War in North Carolina, Including Plymouth, Fort Fisher and Bentonsville. An Address Before the Association Army of Northern Virginia, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, Richmond, Va., October 28, 1887

“A brief recollection of eastern North Carolina.”

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THE DIARY OF THE REVEREND CHARLES S. VEDDER, MAY-JULY, 1861

“A visitor in Monticello. GA.”

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The Last Days of the War in North Carolina: An Address Delivered Feb. 23, 1885, At the Third Annual Reunion of the Association of the Maryland Line, at the Academy of Music, Baltimore

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The Meat Diet at Port Hudson

“Spring and Summer of 1863. Port Hudson, Mississippi. During the siege of the Mississippi River town, even mule meat—from the animal “with that big sore on your back—” become acceptable.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Hudson LA, pd:1918, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina

“Preface: "was originally published in the New York Watchman."

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