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Henrico Home Front 1861-1865: A Picture of Life in Henrico County, VA, From May 1861, Through April 1865. Based Upon Selections From the Minute Books of the Henrico County Court.

“This volume reflects the tireless efforts of the local government and citizens in Richmond.”

Tags: era:1860s, loc:Henrico County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1963, su:homefront, su:local history, ts:biography, ts:narrative, ts:offical documents

Harmony Hall: Recollections of an Old Southern Home, 1852-1882.

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1912, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

Grandfather's tales of North Carolina history.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:North Carolina, su:confederate, su:local history, su:southern, ts:narrative

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Corinth, loc:Alabama, su:daily life, su:economics, su:female experience, su:local history, su:medical, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, 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

General David Hunter's Sack of Lexington, Virginia, June 10-14, 1864: An Account by Rose Page Pendleton

“June 10-14, 1864. Lexington, Virginia. The daughter of Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton related how the women and children faced uncertainty and terror five days after the Federals came to their proud town.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sack of Lexington VA, loc:Lexington VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1975, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory