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My Relatives Are Leaving Me Very Fast': War Times Letters of James Wright to His Nephew
“June 14-July 3, 1864. A successful cotton producer from Russell County, AL, to his nephew stationed near Savannah. Concern for the young man's health, description of everyday activities on the plantation, and references to shortages of glass jars…
The Florence Nightingale of the Southern Army: Experiences of Mrs. Ella K. Newsom, Confederate nurse in the Great War of 1861-65
“Includes material about women's hospital work.”
How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner
“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”
Reminiscences of Rousseau's Raid
“Fall of 1863. Talladega, Alabama. A young boy’s memory of a Union raid on his hometown and “the important part the women and boys and slaves played at home during the war.”
Recollection and Reflections
“1861-1865. Tuskegee, Alabama. A young man’s remembrance of the war years, his fathers’ close friend William L. Yancey, Union raids under General Wilson in 1865, and “the reign of’ Reconstruction.”
Eneas Africanus
“Mentioned travels in North Carolina, Virginia, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Louisiana, in the years 1864 to 1872.”
