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My Relatives Are Leaving Me Very Fast': War Times Letters of James Wright to His Nephew
“June 14-July 3, 1864. A successful cotton producer from Russell County, AL, to his nephew stationed near Savannah. Concern for the young man's health, description of everyday activities on the plantation, and references to shortages of glass jars…
Nancy Harts' of the Confederacy
”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”
OLD CANOOCHEE—OGEECHEE CHRONICLES: War Time and After
“Recollections of Savannah during the war.”
On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War
“First published in 1892, ON THE PLANTATION is the most autobiographical of Harris's works and includes extensive examples of his renderings of the African American Geechee dialect.”
Personal Experiences with Robert Toombs
“Winter 1865. Georgia. A recollection of a key Georgia leader n the last months of the war.”
Personne Goes to Georgia: Five Civil War Letters
“March 1-18, 1862. "Personne," a correspondent for the Charleston DAILY COURIER, wrote that Savannans felt that their fortifications were strong enough to repel an anticipated Union attack and that normal social life had resumed. He praised…
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 1
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
Plantation Experiences of a New York Woman, Part 2
“Letters to the author's parents in New York, 1853-1867, from Greene County, NC, and Ware County, GA, includes six wartime communications.”
