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The Civil War through the Eyes of a Sixteen-Year-Old Black Officer: The Letters of Lieutenant John H. Crowder of the 1st Louisiana Native Guards

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Baton Rouge LA, loc:Louisiana, milt:1st Lousisana Native Guards, pd:1994, su:African American, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Sketches and Reminiscences

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:South Carolina, milt:26th Regiment Infantry South Carolina, pd:1903, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:slaveholding, ts:memory

Local Incidents of the War Between the States

"As a state historian for the U.D.C., Mrs. Cappieman gave her account of the war in the year 1901. The locale of her reminiscence’s centers on Claiborne County, MS. Through personal recollection, she vividly describes life in Mississippi during the…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Claiborne County MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Port Gibson MS, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Personal Recollections of Admiral Semmes

Tags: era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, loc:Mobile AL, ts:biography

Diary of a Southern Refugee, During the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1867, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Rebel Letter

“April 23, 1861. Prairie Farm, Tennessee. Volunteer state pride and Southern loyalty expressed in a young woman’s letter.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Prairie Farm Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1924, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

OLD CANOOCHEE—OGEECHEE CHRONICLES: War Time and After

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“Recollections of Savannah during the war.”

Tags: au:male, era:1860s, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Georgia, loc:Savannah GA, pd:1932, su:civilian, su:economics, su:observer, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:narrative

The Journal of Julia le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863

“A very useful account of wartime New Orleans, before and after Federal occupation.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Maryland, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1911, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:narrative

The Journal of Julia LeGrand

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1912, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

My Confederate Grandmothers

“1861-1865. Texas. A woman recalls stories about her grandmothers’ wartime experiences.”

Tags: era:1860s, loc:houston tx, loc:lexington tn, loc:Tennessee, loc:Texas, pd:1893, su:homefront

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