“June 7-July 8, 1865. North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. This observer was sent to the defeated south to report to Andrew Johnson, a fellow Tennessean, and describe opinions in the region.”
“May 2, 1864. Lower Mississippi Valley. A professor at the University of Michigan was one of a group of investors attracted by the proposition of raising cotton on the occupied plantations along the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. This letter…
“1863. East Tennessee to Richmond. The wife of Confederate officer imprisoned in the North describes her trip to the Confederate capital and her meeting with Jefferson Davis.”