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Letters from a Chaplain in the War of 1861, Part 4

Letters from a Chaplain in the War of 1861, Part 3

Letters from a Chaplain in the War of 1861, Part 2

Letters from a Chaplain in the War of 1861, Part 1

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Fort Pickens Fl, loc:Pensacola Beach FL, milt:16th New York Volunteers, pd:1887, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:religion, su:union, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letters and diary of Laura M. Towne

“Yankee teacher in the South.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Sea Islands SC, loc:South Carolina, loc:St. Helena Island Sc, pd:1912, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Letter of John Campbell, Unionist

“John Campbell, Searcy County delegate to the secession convention of 1861, explains why he voted for secession. The period of secession and later summarizing the negotiations for peace in 1864 and 1865.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, au:union, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, pd:1970, su:non-slaveholding white, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:biography, ts:correspondence

LETTER FROM AN EYEWITNESS AT ANDERSONVILLE PRISON, 1864

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, he:Andersonville Prison, loc:Andersonville Ga, loc:Georgia, milt:Provisional Army of the Confederate States, pd:1954, su:Andersonville Prison, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letter from a Virginia Lady to the Federal Commander at Winchester, Va.

“1863-1864. Clarke County, Virginia. A contemporary letter describes life in the Shenandoah Valley in the midst of Yankee raids.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1880, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Letter from a Citizen of the Southern Confederacy

“Written from Berkeley County, Virginia, May 12, 1861, to brother in Iowa, this letter reflects intense southern feelings in a divided family.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Berkeley County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1920, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

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