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Plantation Life Before the War
“1861-1865. Hinds County, Mississippi. A general memory of the style and grace of the South.”
A Young Girl in the Missouri Border War
“Sympathy with CSA, members of a family in the CSA army.”
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.”
Personal Experiences with Robert Toombs
“Winter 1865. Georgia. A recollection of a key Georgia leader n the last months of the war.”
What the Yankees Did to Us
“1861-1865. Liberty County and Andersonville. Georgia. A wartime lad remembers the beginning of the war on the plantation near Savannah, the coming of Sherman’s invaders, the family's flight to the west, and finally, their “return to our abandoned…