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The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate Refugee from East Tennessee

“1861-1864. Letters. Relates her departure from east Tennessee for Chester District, SC, only one day before the Union troops arrived. McCalla describes her efforts to care for her children (one son died, and another was born) and to raise crops on…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Morristown Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1965, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Wisconsin Soldier Reports from New Orleans

Letters From Nashville, 1862: A Portrait of Belle Meade

“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Belle Meade Plantation Tn, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1974, su:confederate, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:political, su:prison, su:slavery, ts:correspondence, ts:narrative

Evacuation of Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1885, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

THE CAMPAIGN FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA AS SEEN BY A FEDERAL SOLDIER

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Chattanooga, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, milt:101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1941, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

"My Dear Husband": A Texas Slave's Love Letter, 1862

December 28, 1862. Expressions of worry about and love for her husband Norfleet, a bondsman to enslaver Theophilus Perry (28th Texas Cavalry), who had gone into military service as Perry’s "personal servant.”

Tags: au:enslaved, au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Harrison County TX, loc:Spring Hill TX, loc:Texas, pd:1980, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:enslaved, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

"Its Good to be Religious:" A Loyal Slave of God, Masters and the Civil War

Letters From Nashville, 1862: "Dear Master"

“1862. The Military Governor of Tennessee (Andrew Johnson) arrested General William Giles Harding as a political prisoner. During his six-month incarceration, his plantation, "Belle Meade," was managed by his wife, Elizabeth. These letters indicate…

Tags: au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Belle Meade Plantation Tn, loc:Fort Mackinac Island MI, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1974, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:prison, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876

Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Port Royal Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

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