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Plantation Lessee Problems In 1864

“May 2, 1864. Lower Mississippi Valley. A professor at the University of Michigan was one of a group of investors attracted by the proposition of raising cotton on the occupied plantations along the Mississippi River, south of Vicksburg. This letter…

Tags: era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1961, su:civilian, su:economics, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Rose Cottage. A Real Incident of the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Charlottesville VA, loc:Rose Cottage Plantation VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1869, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Experience of Missouri Women

“1864. Missouri. A Missouri Confederate recalls her daring and trying experiences to serve the CSA.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc: Kansas City MO, loc:Liberty Landing MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Bluecoat's Account of the Camden Expedition

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Camden AR, pd:1965, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Letters in War-Time

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Gettysburg, loc:Gettsburg PA, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1874, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

The Tennessee Valley from 1862 to 1865

“1862-1865. North Alabama. A brief summary of war years in the counties near the Tennessee River in north Alabama.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:fayette county, loc:Georgia, pd:1893, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

A Florida Soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Hosford Letters

A Yankee in Louisiana: Selections from the Diary and Correspondence of Henry R. Gardner, 1862-1866

Tags: 10th U.S. Colored Artillery, au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, milt:18th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery, milt:Company G 10th US Colored Artillery, su:African American, su:camp life, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse

“1862-1865. Cumming served as a hospital matron in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, providing personal services and comfort for the wounded, and supervised the food and cleanliness of the hospitals. She exhorted women to serve in…

Three Civil War Letters

Tags: era:1861, era:1864, era:1865, loc:camp walker, loc:Tennessee, su:economics, su:medical, su:political, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

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