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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 with dauntless courage that never wavered.”
Manuscripts: Yancey-Davis Letters, Part 2
“Letters to and from William Lowndes Yancey on life in Alabama, before and during the War and difficulties facing the CSA.”
The Civil War Letters of Bethiah Pyatt McKown, Part 1
“December 9, 1860-June 12, 1865. From St. Louis, McKown expressed concern over two son's military service on opposing sides, relatives subjected to guerrilla activities, and her own dwindling resources after her husband died. She described conditions…
The Civil War Letters of Bethiah Pyatt McKown, Part 2
“December 9, 1860-June 12, 1865. From St. Louis, McKown expressed concern over two son's military service on opposing sides, relatives subjected to guerrilla activities, and her own dwindling resources after her husband died. She described conditions…
The Journal of Sergt. Wm. J. McKell
The Journal of Sergt. Wm. J. McKell is a large number of stories written by prisoners of war describing the privations and suffering of prison life, North and South, during the Civü War. The following narrative is similar in many respects to those…
A Northern Woman in the Confederacy: From the Diary of Mrs. Eugene McLean
“Written at Washington, events November 1860 to April 1861.”
