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A Republic Within the Confederacy and Other Recollections of 1864

“A Union lieutenant from Iowa recalls events behind the lines in occupied north Alabama and Mississippi.”

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A Journey Among the Contrabands: The Diary of Walter Totten Carpenter

“January 1-March 24, 1864. Sent by the Indiana Quakers to Tennessee and Alabama to monitor the aid being given to the slaves who had escaped to, or been brought within, Union lines, Carpenter recorded miles traveled, the weather, and conditions of…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Indiana, loc:Tennessee, pd:1977, su:African American, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:slavery, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

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A Republic Within the Confederacy and Other Recollections of 1864

A Journey Among the Contrabands: The Diary of Walter Totten Carpenter

"Its Good to be Religious:" A Loyal Slave of God, Masters and the Civil War