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My manse during the war: a decade of letters to the Rev. J. Thomas Murray, Editor of the Methodist Protestant
My Life and Times
North Garden Stations, Va., 1862“Fall of 1862. North Garden Station, Virginia. A wounded Confederate soldier remembers kind assistance by residents near an improvised temporary field…
Nothing to Eat But Raw Bacon: Letters from a War Correspondent, 1862“April 6-7, 1862. Provides information about Shiloh battle tactics, the courage of western men on both sides, the capture of well-provisioned Union…
Notice to President Davis of His Election“February 1861. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A former telegrapher remembers the notification to Jefferson Davis of his election as President.”
North America“Anthony Trollope, the well-known English author, made a trip to America in August 1861. He spent most of his time in the North and in Canada, but he…
Nancy Harts' of the Confederacy”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”
Narrative of Reminiscences in Williamsburg County“Has limited value for wartime years in this South Carolina county.”
No Compromise with Principle: Autobiography and Biography of William Harris Hardy in Dialogue.“Hardy served with distinction in the Confederate Army, but the primary value of this book is the description of Mississippi in the post-war years.”
New Orleans at War: A Merchant's View“June 8, 1861 -April 4, 1862. A manager of cotton brokerage reported the effects of the Federal blockade to one of the firm's owners. He included the…