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Seventy Years of an Active Life
“Printed for private circulation. Sterne was an Englishman who first came to Texas in 1852. He helped survey the first proposed rail line in Texas and had many adventures with Ben McCulloch in 1856- 1857. During the Civil War, he served as a Union…
An Incident of War Times
“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."
Reminiscences of the Early Settlement and Early Settlers of McNairy County, Tennessee
“CSA General, of 6th Tennessee.”
Extracts from War-Time Letters, 1861-1864
“November 12, 1861-June 16, 1865. Westport, Missouri. Six letters from a young woman to her mother which describes the severe effects of the war on the western border.”
A Woman's Memories of the Sixties, Some Interesting Letters not Heretofore Published
“1861-1865. Texas to Kentucky. The recollections of Texas wife who tried to follow her husband toward the war front, where he died.”
Some Observations of the Years 1860 and 1861 as Revealed by a Packet of Old Letters
“Wartime letters among sisters from Wilmington, N.C., Eufaula, Alabama, and Georgia.”