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Memories of a Long life in Virginia
“Much on CSA, knew Lee and Jackson.”
A Girl of the Sixties
“1861-1862. Kentucky. From her memory as “a resentful girl of thirteen years,” a recollection of Union occupation early in the war.”
Reminiscences -- Mother of the Confederacy
“1861-1865. Memphis, Tennessee, and Georgia. A proud Tennessee lady summarizes her untiring efforts to support the Southern “crusade.”
South Carolina Women in the Confederacy
“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary letters, reminiscences, diaries, etc., from the entire state.”
Three Hundred Miles in a Wagon
“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon trip back home a few weeks after the end of the war.”
The Writings of Sam Houston, 1813-1863;
“Vol. VII covers the Civil War era.”
A Missouri Boy’s Experiences
“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”
Narrative of Reminiscences in Williamsburg County
“Has limited value for wartime years in this South Carolina county.”