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Escape of Breckinridge and Benjamin

“April-May 1865. Richmond To Charleston. A friend of John C. Breckinridge summarizes an 1874 conversation about the secret trips out of the defeated South by two key Confederates.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Cuba, loc:Richmond VA, pd:1910, su:confederate, su:economics, su:political, su:war experience, ts:memory

Extracts from the Memoirs of William Franklin Avera

From the Diary of John R. Thompson

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:England, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1928, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:diary

From Gloom to Glory

“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is exchanged for “a 20-gold piece.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Nashville, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Federals "Sweep the Coast": An Expedition into St. Charles Parish, August 1862

Going Home From the Army

“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Benton County Ak, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Washington GA, pd:1930, su:confederate, su:military, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory