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Loyalty on the Frontier, or, Sketches of Union Men of the South-West;

“Much Texas, Arkansas, especially valuable for Unionists in Arkansas and life near Fayetteville and Elk Horn Tavern, Arkansas.”

Memoirs of W. W. Holden.

“Politics, little of battlefront; recollections of former Governor of North Carolina.”

Memories of 1865-1871

Civil War and Reconstruction.

Missouri After the War

“1865. Missouri. A personal summary of the strongly divided sentiments in the Border State - just after the end of battlefield conflicts.”

My Confederate Grandmothers

“1861-1865. Texas. A woman recalls stories about her grandmothers’ wartime experiences.”

My Christmas Dinner in 1863

“December 1863. LaGrange, Georgia. A hungry Confederate captain on furlough describes the joy of eating a turkey who “died of a sore throat.”