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Recollections of Henry Watkins Allen: Brigadier-General Confederate States Army, Ex-Governor of Louisiana.
“Wartime governor of Louisiana.”
A Confederate Girl's Diary
"March 9, 1862 - May 2, 1865. One of the best Confederate diaries, written by a Baton Rouge girl, who was a fervent Confederate. In 1863, she moved to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and later into New Orleans. Dawson was initially ambivalent…
Reminiscences of Wartime
“An anonymous diary from wartime New Orleans.”
Two Months in the Confederate States: Including a Visit to New Orleans Under the Domination of General Butler
“This English merchant visited the Confederate States primarily to investigate the status of debts owed by Southerners to English and foreign merchants. Corsan took ship for New Orleans, where he spent a few days before making his way through the…
A Southern Record.: The history of the Third Regiment, Louisiana Infantry
“A SOUTHERN RECORD is an exceptionally valuable commentary on conditions in the Civil War South, written by a Confederate soldier soon after the end of the conflict. Considerable portions of the narrative are transcriptions of notes kept by Tunnard,…
Two Letters of H. Winbourne Drake, Civil War Refugee in Northwest Louisiana
“An account of flight to northwest Louisiana, surprisingly to find happiness and comfort.”
A Letter From the Archbishop of New Orleans, 1862
“February 28, 1862. Mentioned the effect of the war on religious activities. Church attendance was increasing; volunteer women's groups were being entrusted with field and military hospitals; the Union blockade was causing Odin problems as he…
