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Perley's Reminiscences of Sixty Years in the National Metropolis
“Volume II describes war years, especially public leaders, in Washington.”
Recollections of a Varied Career
“Massachusetts congressman's account of Roanoke Island and New Bern, pp. 51-76.”
Reminiscences of Official Life in Jefferson City, 1868-1875
“1865-1875. Jefferson City, Missouri. A recollection of life in the Missouri capital at the end of the war.”
Sketches of the Rise, Progress, and Decline of Secession: With a Narrative of Personal Adventures Among the Rebels
“During the latter part of 1861, this fiery Knoxville newspaper editor became so obnoxious to the confederates that he sought safety in the Great Smoky Mountains of East Tennessee. Being induced to come back to Knoxville he was arrested and…
Some Neglected Aspects of the American Civil War: Recollections of John C. Wade
“1861- 1862. Yorktown, Virginia. Recollections of activities on the Peninsula, by an observer who was a boy of twelve years at the time recorded in 1934.”
Some War Scenes Revisited
“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”
South after Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865
“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…