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The Good Samaritan at Franklin
“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former soldier describes the “devoted and unselfish service to the sick and wounded” by Mrs. John McGavock.”
The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days
“J. Frank Dobie described this account as the "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas Bully reading." This reminiscence by a key Texas pioneer summarizes the decades from the early settlements by U.S. immigrants in Texas until he left the…
Echoes from the Battlefield; Or, Southern Life During the War
“Impersonal account of life for a Georgia family during the war, by an M.D. living near Atlanta.”
Boyhood Days in Alabama
“1861-1865. Wilcox County, Alabama. A lad, only seven years old in 1861, recalls the realities of the war.”
My Greatest Childhood Sorrow
“Unknown time or place. A said recollection of the effects of the war on a young boy’s neighbor.”
A Virginian's Diary in Civil War Days
“August 17 to December 31, 1862. Kinloch Plantation Fauquier County, Virginia. This article is almost entirely composed of entries from the diary of a plantation owner, Edward Carter Turner, Unionist who described the ravages of the war in Northern…
The Reminiscences of a Texas Missionary
“A French missionary in Mexico, Louisiana, and Texas, 1852-1887.”