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A Little Girl in the War
“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”
An Adventurous Trip
“1863? Memphis, Tennessee. A young woman’s trip to the river city with a friend.”
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 Sassy Little Rebel
“1861. Washington, D.C. CSA sympathies of a spunky girl in Parkersburg, WV.”
A Georgia Woman's War Experiences
“Fall of 1864. Near Irvington, Georgia. The daughter of a Georgia farmer narrates her memories of Sherman's army coming through their lands.”
A Memoir of the Thomson Family
Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc: Fort Motte SC, loc:Calhoun County SC, loc:Columbia SC, loc:Midway Plantation SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1961, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory
A Girl in the Sixties in Richmond
“1861-1865. Richmond. Virginia Lite in the Confederate capital in the memory of a young woman.”
A Girl of the Sixties
“1861-1862. Kentucky. From her memory as “a resentful girl of thirteen years,” a recollection of Union occupation early in the war.”