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Middleton Correspondence, 1861-1865, Part 3
“July 26, 1861-December 9, 1865. South Carolina. Communications between members of a distinguished family, especially from Charleston and Columbia, reflect the awesome effects of the war.”
Middleton Correspondence, 1861-1865, Part 4
“July 26, 1861-December 9, 1865. South Carolina. Communications between members of a distinguished family, especially from Charleston and Columbia, reflect the awesome effects of the war.”
My Greatest Childhood Sorrow
“Unknown time or place. A said recollection of the effects of the war on a young boy’s neighbor.”
My Old Black Mammy
“1861-1865. General. A Confederate recalled “the character and virtues of the Negroes before and during the war.”
My Relatives Are Leaving Me Very Fast': War Times Letters of James Wright to His Nephew
“June 14-July 3, 1864. A successful cotton producer from Russell County, AL, to his nephew stationed near Savannah. Concern for the young man's health, description of everyday activities on the plantation, and references to shortages of glass jars…
Notice to President Davis of His Election
“February 1861. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A former telegrapher remembers the notification to Jefferson Davis of his election as President.”
Old Louisiana
“A chronicle of two centuries of Louisiana plantation life told through remembrances, stories, diary excerpts, drawings, and lore.”
Old Plantation days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War
“Actually misleading, for it contains much on the war, Sherman's March through Georgia and South Carolina, also includes beginning of conflict at Charleston.”
Old Times in Dixie Land: A Southern Matron’s Memories
“Life in old South, before, during, and after the Civil War in Louisiana, includes diary and family conversations.”