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A Confederate Girl's Diary

"March 9, 1862 - May 2, 1865. One of the best Confederate diaries, written by a Baton Rouge girl, who was a fervent Confederate. In 1863, she moved to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and later into New Orleans. Dawson was initially ambivalent…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:diary

Business Travel out of Texas during the Civil War: The Travel Diary of S. B. Brush, Pioneer Austin Merchant

Tags: au:male, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc: Brownsville tx, loc:rio grande, loc:Texas, pd:1992, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:travel, ts:diary

Bread Upon the Waters

“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Berryville VA, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1931, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

“Beauty and Booty:” The Watchword of New Orleans

“New Orleans during the war, occupation, and atrocities.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1867, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

BURNING OF COLUMBIA

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia GA, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri, and of the Personal Experience of One who has Suffered.

“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1863, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bravery of Southern Women

“October 1864. Fauquier County, Virginia. A veteran describes “another link in the chain of heroic acts to the credit of the glorious women of the South.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Fauquier County VA, loc:Upper Fauquier County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory