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Fifty Years on the Road the Autobiography of a Traveling Salesman
“Interesting chapters on "On the road during Civil War," "In War-tom Missouri," "Road incidents in the South and West."
First Days Amongst the Contrabands
“Excellent summary of the conditions near Port Royal and Beaufort, SC in Civil War, where Miss Botume worked for the Freedmen's Aid Society—her work as a teacher there led to this excellent account of the woeful conditions among the newly freed…
Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898.
“A Unionist recalls Civil War El Paso. 2nd edition.”
From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865
"May-July 1865. Privately printed. Author's diary describing her teaching experiences on Edisto Island, near Charleston, SC."
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…
History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians
“The author lived among these tribes from 1820 until 1890.”