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Memories Grave and Gay

“The author recorded her Anti-Slavery and Civil War memories, work for the soldiers, a brighter side of life in the Civil War, etc.”

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, su:childhood, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:non-slaveholding white, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:seccession, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:family narrative, su:military, su:spy, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

Mrs. Rose Greenhow's Book

Tags: era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Washington D.C., loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:southern, su:spy, su:war experience, ts:memory

Memories of Long Ago

“1861- 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A recollection of the Confederate Capital, especially women’s work in the hospitals.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, milt:3rd Regiment Troops for Local Defnese, milt:Dahlgren's Raiders, pd:1928, su:Battle of Richmond, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:medical, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Memoir of Nathaniel Macon, of North Carolina

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, loc:North Carolina, pd:1862, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:political, su:southern, ts:biography

My Autobiography by W.J. Cotter, Who has Lived Nearly a Quarter Century Beyond the Allotted Three Score Years and Ten and has Been a Methodist Preacher in Georgia for 73 Years

“Ministry in Georgia, among Cherokees, much on the Civil War.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Georgia, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:Native American, su:religion, su:southern, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the Line," and a Genealogical Record

Mary Jones Polk was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca Long Polk. Her parents were married at Mt. Gallant, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1814 or 1818. They moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1828 or…

Tags: era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, pd:1912, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience

Memoirs of Governor William Smith, of Virginia.: His Political, Military, and Personal History

Tags: era:1850s, era:1860s, era:1870s, era:1880s, era:antebellum, era:postwar, he:battle of sharpsburg, loc:Virginia, milt: 13th Virginia regiment, pd:1891, su:military, su:political, su:religion, ts:biography

Men and Things: Being Reminiscent, Biographical, and Historical

“Reminiscences of Georgian in CSA Congress, limited value.”

Tags: era:antebellum, loc:cumming ga, loc:Georgia, pd:1907, su:political, su:religion, ts:biography, ts:memory

Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War

“Recollections by administrator and Nurse in CSA hospital and "stories" she heard from other contemporaries.”

Tags: au:female, era:1861-1865, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:Battle of the Wilderness, loc:Alabama, loc:Gainesville Al, loc:Georgia, loc:Newnan GA, pd:1888, su:female experience, su:medical, ts:memory

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