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A Southern Girl's Diary

“February 10-June 26, 1865. Orangeburg, South Carolina. A girl’s diary records the coming of the Yankee and how the “desecrated. . . Orangeburg,” the “dreadful day” of occupation, the news of a brother’s death, and with defeat—“the gloomy prospect…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Orangeburg Sc, loc:South Carolina, pd:1932, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Southern Home in War Times

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1914, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

A Southern Woman's Wartime Reminiscences

“Benefit of Shiloh Monument Fund; description of a trip from Mobile to Memphis, and life in Alabama and Georgia.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Georgia, loc:Savannah GA, pd:1905, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Southern Woman’s Heroism

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:Louisville Ky, pd:1915, su:female experience, su:prison, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative

A Stage Ride up the Valley of Virginia in 1861: From the Diary of a Refugee

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1916, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War

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Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax Va, loc:Virginia, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Waif From Texas

“Ante-bellum recollections of life on a plantation, slaves in Texas Panhandle after the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:St. Louis MO, loc:Texas, pd:1901, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:autobiography

A War Time Foundry

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Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Rome AL, pd:1956, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Warrensburg Family During the Civil War

“1861-1865. Warrensburg, Missouri. The impact of the conflict upon a family in western Missouri.”

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Warrensburg MO, pd:1944, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Winter Spent in Texas and Our Return to Missouri

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Texas, pd:1945, su:child girl, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:slavery, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

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