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Old Plantation days: Being Recollections of Southern Life Before the Civil War
“Actually misleading, for it contains much on the war, Sherman's March through Georgia and South Carolina, also includes beginning of conflict at Charleston.”
OLD CANOOCHEE—OGEECHEE CHRONICLES: War Time and After
“Recollections of Savannah during the war.”
On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War
“First published in 1892, ON THE PLANTATION is the most autobiographical of Harris's works and includes extensive examples of his renderings of the African American Geechee dialect.”
Our Southern Women in the War Times
“1861-1865. General. The wife of President Davis recalls that “the women of the South did not shrink from the prospect of great and painful economics.”
Notice to President Davis of His Election
“February 1861. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A former telegrapher remembers the notification to Jefferson Davis of his election as President.”
Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the Line," and a Genealogical Record
Mary Jones Polk was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca Long Polk. Her parents were married at Mt. Gallant, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1814 or 1818. They moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1828 or…
My Greatest Childhood Sorrow
“Unknown time or place. A said recollection of the effects of the war on a young boy’s neighbor.”
My Old Black Mammy
“1861-1865. General. A Confederate recalled “the character and virtues of the Negroes before and during the war.”