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The White Castle of Louisiana
“Before, during, and after War, on a Louisiana plantation.”
The Whip, Hoe, and Sword; or, The Gulf-Department in '63
“A good account of life in the lower Mississippi River Valley in 1863 by a visitor from the North— particularly useful for observations of Creoles, the enslaved, and plantations.”
The Wedding at the Parker House
”Notes of black regiments at Punta Rassa, ca. 1865: The 2d and 99th U.S. Colored Infantry and 2d Florida (U.S.) Cavalry. Describes Fort Myers, the nearby Indians, a ball in celebration of the fall of Richmond, and a military wedding for an Indian…
The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865
"December 19, 1864—August 2, 1865. Andrews traveled over a broken railroad system and in wagons from Washington to a plantation near Albany, across the route of Sherman's march across Georgia. On the trains, she listened to a Confederate soldier…
The Valley Campaigns, Being the Reminiscences of a Non-Combatant while Between the Lines in the Shenandoah Valley During the War of the States
“1861-1865. Front Royal and the Shenandoah Valley, Virginia. These memoirs by the author of Life of Turner Ashby, reflect his observations of life in a key valley town, including Federal assaults and occupations. To him, the May 1862 assault on Front…