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My Return from Dixie
“April-May-1865. Macon, Mississippi; Memphis to Louisville, to Gallatin, Tennessee. The wife of a former Confederate officer remembers her return home to Middle Tennessee soon after the end of the war.”
Memoirs of Narcissa Owen, 1831-1907
“While the recollection generally is about Cherokees, the author lived in Lynchburg during the War, made CSA uniforms, described Hunter's Raid, etc.”
Macon in the War Between the States
“1861-1865. Macon, Georgia. A review of the war’s effect upon the key city in central Georgia.”
My Cave Life in Vicksburg.: With Letters of Trial and Travel
"A valuable story of a gentlewoman's experiences under siege at Vicksburg."—Civil War Books. Most revealing for the trials endured by the inhabitants of the besieged city, told by the wife of CSA colonel, in her own words which need no…
My Confederate Girlhood: The Memoirs of Kate Virginia Cox Logan
“Recalled her war years at Clover Hill, plantation source of coal for Richmond.”
My Story of the War: A Woman's Narrative of Four Years Personal Experience as a Nurse in the Union Army, and in Relief Work at Home, in Hospitals, Camps, and at the Front During the War of the Rebellion.
“Hospital scenes and work at the Sanitary Fairs captivated this war observer. Mrs. Livermore's activities were confined almost entirely to Chicago, Washington, and border towns. She made one trip down the Mississippi River and she gives some account…
Middleton Correspondence, 1861-1865, Part 4
“July 26, 1861-December 9, 1865. South Carolina. Communications between members of a distinguished family, especially from Charleston and Columbia, reflect the awesome effects of the war.”
Middleton Correspondence, 1861-1865, Part 3
“July 26, 1861-December 9, 1865. South Carolina. Communications between members of a distinguished family, especially from Charleston and Columbia, reflect the awesome effects of the war.”