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Letters From Nashville, 1862: "Dear Master"
“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…
"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862
December 28, 1862. Expressions of worry about and love for her husband Norfleet, a bondsman to enslaver Theophilus Perry (28th Texas Cavalry), who had gone into military service as Perry’s "personal servant.”
The Civil War in Chowan County, North Carolina
“1861-1865. Chowan County, North Carolina. This brief account by a doctor whose estate was Union headquarters in the area for two years describes the naval battles in Albemarle Sound, cavalry raids, and the difficulties which he and his neighbors in…
The Recent Past From a Southern Standpoint. Reminiscences of a Grandfather by Richard H. Wilmer, Bishop of Alabama
“Unreconstructed Rebel after War, when Pres. Johnson had to set an order aside after his and clergy's suspension.”
