“5,000 copies issued. Originally published in the Columbia Daily Phoenix. A special edition was printed on bank-note paper, interleaved, very rare. An account of the capture of the South Carolina capital by great Southern author.”
“May 1865. South Carolina. The trail of destruction across South Carolina described by an ex-Confederate soldier, immediately after the end of combat.”
“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…
“February 1865. Winnsboro, South Carolina. A lady notes that Union occupation officers would refuse to provide hungry civilians with food because they “hoisted that bastard rag instead of the legitimate flag."