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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…

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Letters from Columbia County Confederate Soldiers

“From Newell and Sister Effie McEachern, Pocahontas, AR, H.B. Harris to Miss. Smith, Camp Harie, AR, 11 September 1861.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Atlanta AR, loc:Camp Hardie Ar, loc:Pocahontas Ar, milt:Company G 6th Arkansas Infantry, milt:James P. Austin's Columbia Guards, pd:1958, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letters From a Journey Through the Federal Blockade, 1861-1862

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Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse

“1862-1865. Cumming served as a hospital matron in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, providing personal services and comfort for the wounded, and supervised the food and cleanliness of the hospitals. She exhorted women to serve in…

JOHNNY REB'S IMPRESSIONS OF KENTUCKY IN THE FALL OF 1862

Tags: era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Kentucky, pd:1950, su:economics, su:military, su:political, su:southern, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

In the Wake of Battle: A Woman's Recollections of Shepherdstown During Antietam Week

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Henry M. Stanley in Arkansas and the Dixie Grays

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Shiloh, loc:Corinth MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tennessee, milt:6th Arkansas Regiment of Volunteers CSA, pd:1942, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:prison, su:warfront, ts:memory

George Washington Diamond's Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862

Tags: au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:the great hanging at gainesville texas 1862, loc:collin county tx, loc:Cooke County TX, loc:denton county tx, loc:Gainesville TX, loc:grayson county tx, loc:Texas, loc:wise county tx, pd:1963, su:homefront, su:local history, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:narrative

From the 'Eastern Shore' of Virgina

"1861. Eastern shore of Virginia. A native of the region east of Chesapeake Bay declares “This entire country... was intensely Southern in sentiment.”

Tags: era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1924, su:blockade, su:Railroads, ts:memory

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