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Courtesy in War
“Spring 1863. Holly Springs, Mississippi. A Confederate recalls mutual courtesy between General Grant and the owners of the house he was using as his temporary headquarters.”
Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams
“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”
Civil War Letters of Sam Houston
“October 7, 1862-April 21, 1863. Huntsville, Texas. Three letters to the editor of the Nacogdoches Chronicle reveal ex-Governor Samuel Houston s criticism of President Jefferson Davis and leading generals and his despondency over the declining…
Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri, and of the Personal Experience of One who has Suffered.
“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”
Bread Upon the Waters
“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”
Boyce-Hammond Correspondence
“March 17, 1862-October 5, 1864. Wartime correspondence between two South Carolina critics of Jefferson Davis.”
Atlanta in the Civil War
“1861-1865. Articles: ‘Life at the crossroads of the Confederacy, Atlanta 1861-1865 by Robert Gibbons’: ‘Foraging, scouting, and Skirmishing: the Federal occupation of Atlanta as seen in the letter of Maj. William C. Stevens, 9th Michigan Cavalry by…