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A Journey Among the Contrabands: The Diary of Walter Totten Carpenter

“January 1-March 24, 1864. Sent by the Indiana Quakers to Tennessee and Alabama to monitor the aid being given to the slaves who had escaped to, or been brought within, Union lines, Carpenter recorded miles traveled, the weather, and conditions of…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Indiana, loc:Tennessee, pd:1977, su:African American, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:slavery, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War

“Recollections by administrator and Nurse in CSA hospital and "stories" she heard from other contemporaries.”

Tags: au:female, era:1861-1865, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:Battle of the Wilderness, loc:Alabama, loc:Gainesville Al, loc:Georgia, loc:Newnan GA, pd:1888, su:female experience, su:medical, ts:memory

Army letters of "Personne," 1861-1865. Vol. 1, no. 1-Vol. 1, no. 2.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Cummings Point Charleston Hatbor, loc:Montgomery AL, loc:South Carolina, pd:1896, pd:1897, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

War-Time Journal of a 'Little Rebell'

“September 26, 1862-May 2, 1865. Near Courtland, Alabama. Excerpts from the diary of a young lady who began her writing on a plantation at age fourteen.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Courtland Al, loc:Rocky Hill Al, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:diary