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A Heroine of the Sixties“1863-1865. Giles County. Virginia. An unidentified woman described a valiant young neighbor who always helped Confederates and “met every vicissitude…
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…
A Letter from Bleak Hall, 1861
A Letter from Dardanelle to Jonesville, South Carolina
A Letter from Occupied Tallahassee
A Letter From the Archbishop of New Orleans, 1862“February 28, 1862. Mentioned the effect of the war on religious activities. Church attendance was increasing; volunteer women's groups were being…
A Letter of Captain V. Chamberlain 7th Connecticut Volunteers“Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. A Union Officer describes two occupied towns.”
A Little Girl in the War“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the…
A Louisiana Engineer at the Siege of Vicksburg: Letters of Henry Ginder“Ginder's "Letters" narrated his experiences as a civilian during the siege at Vicksburg.”
A Love-Sick Volunteer“Summer of 1861. Place not stated. A story of romance early in the war.”