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A Southern Woman's Bravery
“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s treasures from Yankee plunderers.”
A Southerner Views the South, 1865: Letters of Harvey M. Watterson
“June 7-July 8, 1865. North Carolina and Richmond, Virginia. This observer was sent to the defeated south to report to Andrew Johnson, a fellow Tennessean, and describe opinions in the region.”
A Virginia Boy in the Sixties
“1861-1865. Mechanicsville, Virginia. A wartime youngster describes the toilsome years on the eastern edge of Richmond.”
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…
A Visit to South Carolina in 1860
“April 1860. South Carolina. This observer recalled the key personalities and places in Charleston and Columbia in the year before the war began.”
A Visit to the Cities and Camps of the Confederate States
“Fitzgerald Ross, "Captain of Hussars in the Imperial Austrian Army." In May 1863, he made his way across the military lines in northern Virginia and went directly to Richmond. Finding easy access to military and civil leaders of the Confederacy, he…
A Wayside Hospital
“1863-1865. High Point, North Carolina. A lady recalls local efforts to assist wounded soldiers at a hospital located in a converted hotel.”