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The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government“Wiley's introduction summarizes Davis' strengths and weaknesses.”
The University of Virginia: Memoirs of Her Student-Life and Professors“Articles on Lee's Family, C. S. Venable (Lee's staff), Francis H. Smith & John W. Mallet, the ordnance expert.”
Two Months in the Confederate States: Including a Visit to New Orleans Under the Domination of General Butler“This English merchant visited the Confederate States primarily to investigate the status of debts owed by Southerners to English and foreign…
Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of my Life“Story of Amos Johnston Battle, Baptist.”
The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters
The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas"Fall of 1865. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This very perceptive description of three defeated states originated as a series of…
“1861-1865. The fascinating eyewitness account of Carter Anderson, a railroad conductor for the Confederacy. Anderson ran trains for the Virginia…
Tupelo"A sequel to THE IRON FURNACE, narrating the experiences of a Union Presbyterian clergyman in northeast Mississippi during the secession period useful…
The Old Plantation: How We Lived in Great House and Cabin Before the War“Plantation in Onslow County, NC. Preface by Hunter McGuire, Late Surgeon-General, for Stonewall Jackson.”
The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches: Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922