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Recollections Grave and Gay
“Burton Harrison was private secretary to Jeff Davis. This work describes social life in CSA, especially in Richmond; also includes opinions on Confederate leaders.”
Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period
“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…
He Taught Near Eudora, Arkansas, in the Early Sixties
“Secondary article about Milan W. Seri, a young teacher from Wisconsin, who came to Arkansas in 1860, includes long portions of Seri's journal.”
How it Was: Four Years Among the Rebels
“This is a trustworthy account which does not attempt to record minute details, conversations, and exact dates. Mrs. Irby Morgan was married to a brother of General John H. Morgan and was living in Nashville when the war broke out. Morgan left…
How I took a Letter on a Yankee General
“No Date. Maryland to “Western Virginia.” A schoolgirl’s teasing of an “enemy” officer.”
How a Woman Helped to Save Richmond
“March 1884. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of the Confederate secretary of War helps to thwart Ulric Dahlgren’s raid on the CSA capital.”
How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner
“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”