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Adventures of a Fair Rebel
“Author from Louisiana lived in Georgia contributed to magazines, etc.”
A Southerner Views the South, 1865: Letters of Harvey M. Watterson
“June 7-July 8, 1865. North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. This observer was sent to the defeated south to report to Andrew Johnson, a fellow Tennessean, and describe opinions in the region.”
Plantation Lessee Problems In 1864
“May 2, 1864. Lower Mississippi Valley. A professor at the University of Michigan was one of a group of investors attracted by the proposition of raising cotton on the occupied plantations along the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. This letter…
A Patriotic Confederate Woman's War Diary, 1862-1863
“1862-1863. From Perote, Alabama, Mrs. Crossley wrote on such topics as her slaves, conscription, and sewing for Confederate soldiers.”