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LETTERS OF A CONFEDERATE SURGEON: DR. ABNER EMBRY McGARITY, 1862-1865. PART I

Tags: era:1862, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:camp hospital, su:camp life, su:medical, ts:correspondence, ts:diary

Letters in War-Time

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Gettysburg, loc:Gettsburg PA, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1874, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

Letters from Little Rock of Captain James M. Bowler, 112th United States Colored Troops

“The letters of a Union captain to his wife and mother written during his stay in the area around Little Rock, from July to December 1864.”

Tags: au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, milt:112th United States Colored Troops, pd:1981, su:African American, su:camp life, su:Freedmen, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

LETTER FROM AN EYEWITNESS AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, 1864

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Letter from a Virginia Lady to the Federal Commander at Winchester, Va.

“1863-1864. Clarke County, Virginia. A contemporary letter describes life in the Shenandoah Valley in the midst of Yankee raids.”

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Last Days of the Confederacy: Letters from Jefferson Davis During that Period

“1863-1865. General. A close associate of the Confederate president who was chaplain of the 49lh Miss. Regt. Proudly remembers his leader’s courage and determination.”

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Key West in the Summer of 1864

Tags: era:1864, loc:Florida, loc:Key West FL, su:medical, ts:correspondence

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…