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Captain Ridley’s Journal, Part 8

"April 17-June 12, 1865. Central North Carolina, northern South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. A remarkable clear description of a defeated Confederate soldier’s difficult trek home to Tennessee, from the surrender of his unit in North Carolina."

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Greensboro NC, loc:North Carolina, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1895, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:diary

Chasing Guerrillas in Arkansas

“1862-1865. Northwest Arkansas and Southwest Missouri. A former Confederate describes the difficult and disorganized conflict in the Ozarks.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Aldridge Plantation MS, loc:Arkansas, loc:Benton County Ar, pd:1921, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:memory

Children of Honor: Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862

Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States, With Some Personal Reminiscences.

“Of use only for political history, a defense of secession.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, pd:1901, su:confederate, su:economics, su:female experience, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Civil War Letter from Paris, Texas, 1861

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Paris TX, loc:Texas, milt:Confederate Indian Troop, pd:1966, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:Native American, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Crittenden County Ky, loc:Kentucky, pd:1974, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

CIVIL WAR LETTERS OF ALBERT BOULT FALL GUNNER FOR THE CONFEDERACY

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Bowling Green Ky, loc:Kentucky, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, milt:Rock City Guards, pd:1961, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Civil War Letters of George W. Allen

“July 24 - November 30, 1862. Arkansas. A Texas farm boy describes life near his Confederate Army post in central Arkansas in three letters.”

Tags: 10th Texas Infantry, 35th texas Cavalry, au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Austin Ar, loc:Texas, milt:23rd Brigade Washington County Dixie Blues, milt:Company A 10th Texas Infantry, milt:Company B Brown's Battalion 35th Texas Cavalry, milt:Dixie Blues Washington County, pd:1979, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:prison, ts:correspondence

CIVIL WAR REMINISCENCES OF JOHN AKER LAFFERTY

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Garfield's Bottom Ky, loc:Harrison County Ky, loc:PikeVille Ky, loc:Prestonsburg Ky, milt:Mounted Infantry, pd:1961, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Closing Scene with Johnston's Army

“April 1865. Central North Carolina. An eyewitness recalls some of the details about the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston’s troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Greensboro NC, loc:North Carolina, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:southern, ts:memory

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