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Tender Memories of V.M.I. Cadets“May 1864. Newmarket, Virginia. A lady describes the efforts she and her neighbors gave to assist young V.M.I. cadets in battle.”
The Capture of Van Buren, Arkansas, during the Civil War: From the Diary of a Union Horse Soldier
The Battle of the Handkerchiefs“February 20, 1863. New Orleans, Louisiana. A woman remembers how she and others used their handkerchiefs to help Confederate prisoners.”
The Battle of Rio, Virginia“April 1864. Rio, Virginia. A young woman’s memory of combat near her home on the Rivanna River.”
The Burning of Danville, 1864
The Capture of Jefferson Davis
The Autobiography of William John Grayson, Part 2“1860-1865. South Carolina. This sometimes, rambling and often fiercely pro-Southern recollection was written in Newberry and Charleston, South…
The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches: Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922
The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War“Plantation in Onslow County, NC. Preface by Hunter McGuire, Late Surgeon-General, for Stonewall Jackson.”
Tupelo"A sequel to THE IRON FURNACE, narrating the experiences of a Union Presbyterian clergyman in northeast Mississippi during the secession period useful…