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War-Time Journal of a 'Little Rebell'

“September 26, 1862-May 2, 1865. Near Courtland, Alabama. Excerpts from the diary of a young lady who began her writing on a plantation at age fourteen.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Courtland Al, loc:Rocky Hill Al, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:diary

We Left a Black Track in South Carolina: Letters of Corporal Eli S. Ricker, 1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Knoxville Il, loc:South Carolina, milt:102nd Illinois Volunteer Infantry, milt:XX Corps Army of Georgia, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

We Are Truly Doing Missionary Work: Letters from American Missionary Association Teachers in Florida, 1864-1874

Woman's Service in War

“Summer of 1862. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of a key Virginia political leader describes the vital work of women in Richmond during the anguishing weeks of Union assault from the east.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1918, su:female experience, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

War Diary of W. C. Porter

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Clarksville Ar, loc:Johnson County Ar, pd:1952, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:diary

“The delicately emotional reminiscences of Mrs. George E. Pickett, with a brief portion on the ante-bellum years, much on the Civil War in VA as it seemed to a Confederate hero’s wife and then the sadness of defeat and reconstruction.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1917, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory