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Illium in Flames
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. A collection of descriptions of the destruction of the South Carolina capital.”
Civil War Letters of George W. Allen
“July 24 - November 30, 1862. Arkansas. A Texas farm boy describes life near his Confederate Army post in central Arkansas in three letters.”
Sketches of the war: a series of letters to the North Moore Street School of New York.
“Although these letters were addressed to school children, they give a close-up view of the country and inhabitants of northwestern Tennessee and western Kentucky. Nott, a resident of New York City at the outbreak of the Civil War, went to St. Louis…
The Hidden Way to Dixie
"1863. Washington, D.C. to Richmond, Virginia. A New York businessman’s account of his trip to CSA."
Occurrences at Lee's Surender
“April 1865. Appomattox Court House, Virginia. An eyewitness remembers many of the details of the historic surrender of the Army of Northern Virginia.”
