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The Burning of Columbia
“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. An eyewitness account of the burning of the South Carolina capital.”
Surrender and Homeward Bound
“1865. Mobile to New Orleans to Louisville. A former CSA soldier recalls the last weeks of the war and his return home to Kentucky.”
Religion and Reconstruction
“1865. Kentucky and Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain comments upon the first months of Union dominance in the defeated South.”
Reconstrcution in Tennessee
“October-December 1865. Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain encounters Reconstruction his Presbyterian ministry.”
A Roundabout Way Home
“1865. Kentucky. The first weeks at home for a former Confederate chaplain.”
When Richmond Was Evacuated
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A South Carolina soldier describes the “deafening, roaring flames of the burning city,” as the confederate capital was abandoned to Yankee invaders.”
Richmond, Virginia: The Evacuation of the City and the Days Preceding It
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia, and route of Confederate evacuees. An eyewitness account of the fall of Richmond and the flight southward”