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Southern Women in the Civil War

“1861-1865. "Eloquent Tribute" in 1904 by war time observer to valiant women.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1906, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

We Left a Black Track in South Carolina: Letters of Corporal Eli S. Ricker, 1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Knoxville Il, loc:South Carolina, milt:102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, milt:XX Corps Army of Georgia, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Watch on the Chattahoochee: A Civil War Letter

“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Chattahoochee GA, loc:Georgia, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1959, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

Children of Honor: Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862

Rogues and Black Hearted Scamps: Civil War Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1862-1863

The Colonel's Lady Some Letters of Ellen Wilkins Tompkins, July-December 1861

“July-December 1861. When her farm, "Gauley Mount" (Fayette County, Virginia), was occupied by Union forces, Mrs. Thompkins remained rather than moving east with her husband and the Confederate army. She included incidents of the occupation, the…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fayette County WV, loc:Gauley Mount Plantation, loc:West Virginia, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Memories of a Hospital Matron, Part 2

“1861-1865. Richmond, Virginia. These recollections by a member of a proud Virginia family concentrate on her experiences as a volunteer in Richmond and travels elsewhere to gather support for the war effort.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax County Va, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:southern, su:spy, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Memories of a Hospital Matron, Part 1

“1861-1865. Richmond, Virginia. These recollections by a member of a proud Virginia family concentrate on her experiences as a volunteer in Richmond and travels elsewhere to gather support for the war effort.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax County Va, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:southern, su:spy, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory