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A Southern Woman's Bravery

“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s treasures from Yankee plunderers.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Brandon MS, loc:Mississippi, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Memories of Three Score Years and Ten

“Served in the Amelia Minute Men, afterward known as Co. H, 44th VA Vols. during war Presbyterian minister.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Baltimore MD, loc:Columbia SC, loc:Farmville VA, loc:Lynchburg VA, milt:44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, pd:1908, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:biography

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The War in Missouri, Part 1

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

The War in Missouri, Part 2

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

The War in Missouri, Part 3

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, loc:Missouri, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

The War in Missouri, Part 4

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Defeat in Victory: Yankee Experience in Early Civil War Jacksonville

“March-April 1862. Diaries. Keene was a Northerner who had recently come to Florida to operate a hotel. He joined a local militia unit at the start of the secession crisis but resigned when it entered state service. In Jacksonville, where Union and…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Fort Steele, loc:Jacksonville FL, milt:Company A 3rd Florida Infantry, milt:Jacksonville Light Infantry, pd:1974, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:warfront, ts:diary, ts:narrative