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Three Letters of William Henry Trescot to Howell Cobb, 1861

“January 14-February 3, 1861. Beaufort, South Carolina. Concerns South Carolinian Trescot's involvement in the secession crisis.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Barnwell Island SC, loc:Barnwell Island Plantation SC, loc:England, loc:South Carolina, pd:1967, su:confederate, su:plantation, su:political, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Thrilling Experiences Near Memphis

“Spring, 1862. Near Memphis, Tennessee. A lady recalls her experiences as the Union troops arrived in the area of her country home east of Memphis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1896, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

To Coosawhatchie in December 1861

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Beaufort District SC, loc:Charleston SC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Virginia, milt:Leake's Battery of Turner's Artillery, pd:1952, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:plantation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Tom Burton; or, The days of '61.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, loc:Virginia, pd:1888, su:child boy, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Trip to Richmond in 1863

“1863. East Tennessee to Richmond. The wife of Confederate officer imprisoned in the North describes her trip to the Confederate capital and her meeting with Jefferson Davis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Greensville Tn, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Tennessee, loc:Virginia, pd:1908, su:child girl, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

True Stories of Adventures of the Civil War: The Memoirs of W. G. D. Hinds

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Springfield MO, loc:Webb City MO, pd:1954, su:confederate, su:medical, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:diary

Two Boys in the Civil War and After

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1860s, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Columbus GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Montgomery AL, milt:Columbus Guards, pd:1912, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:memory

Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War, as Represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and the Romance of Reality

Tags: au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1896, su:battlefield, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Unpublished Chapters of History. Last Days of the Confederate Government. From Papers Left by Stephen R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy in the Confederate Cabinet

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Fort Lafayette NY, loc:New York, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1900, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:war experience, ts:memory

Up the St. John's River

“On the Union occupation of Jacksonville, March 1863.”

Tags: au:male, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Hilton Head Islands SC, loc:Jacksonville FL, loc:South Carolina, pd:1865, su:African American, su:camp life, su:Freedmen, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, ts:memory

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