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My Beloved South
My Cave Life in Vicksburg.: With Letters of Trial and Travel"A valuable story of a gentlewoman's experiences under siege at Vicksburg."—Civil War Books. Most revealing for the trials endured by the inhabitants…
My Childhood Recollections of the War“1861-1865. Virginia. The war years as recalled by a woman who was five years of age when the conflict began.”
My Christmas Dinner in 1863“December 1863. LaGrange, Georgia. A hungry Confederate captain on furlough describes the joy of eating a turkey who “died of a sore throat.”
My Confederate Girlhood: The Memoirs of Kate Virginia Cox Logan“Recalled her war years at Clover Hill, plantation source of coal for Richmond.”
My Confederate Grandmothers“1861-1865. Texas. A woman recalls stories about her grandmothers’ wartime experiences.”
My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life“This is the reminiscence of a chatty, cultural, and proud Virginia lady, wife of a key political leader. She viewed the wartime scene with a sad…
My Diary in America in the Midst of War
My Diary North and South“William Howard Russell in March 1861 arrived in the United States as a special correspondent for the London Times. Landing in New York, he entered…
My Experience During the War Between the States