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Southern Silhouettes

“Sketches of life on Louisiana and Mississippi plantations during the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, pd:1887, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Chunnenuggee Ridge Plantation AL, loc:Union Springs AL, pd:1943, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

“Reprinted from Richmond Dispatch, February 3, 1902.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1901, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

“Early in 1862. Rolla, Missouri. A brief description of the Central Missouri town by the noted Missouri novelist.”

Tags: au:english, au:foreign, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1933, su:civilian, su:English, su:foreign, su:homefront, su:observer, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, pd:1960, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1919, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:memory

“1865-1875. Jefferson City, Missouri. A recollection of life in the Missouri capital at the end of the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:postwar, loc:Jefferson City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1929, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:union, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Mexico, loc:Texas, pd:1986, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Greensboro AL, pd:1966, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary