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A Balcony in Charleston
“Letters of life and times of Caroline Howard Gilman, experiences of a "Confederate Mother", during Civil War, to her sister in the North and to her daughter, the wife of James Russell Lowell.”
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…
A Southern Woman's Bravery
“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s treasures from Yankee plunderers.”
A Child'd Recollections of War
“June 1864-April 1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A little girl’s memories of the trying last months of the war in the key city south of Richmond.”
A CIVIL WAR LETTER ON THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA
Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, milt:25th Ohio Volunteer Regiment, milt:Artillery Longstreet's Corp, milt:Longstreet's Corp, pd:1944, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence
A Red-Headed Rebel
“Unknown time or place. A cute wartime story.”
A Roundabout Way Home
“1865. Kentucky. The first weeks at home for a former Confederate chaplain.”
A Generous-Hearted Enemy
“1865. New Orleans to Memphis to Louisville to Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain notes pleasant events from former enemies as he goes home after the war.”