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Letter of John Campbell, Unionist
“John Campbell, Searcy County delegate to the secession convention of 1861, explains why he voted for secession. The period of secession and later summarizing the negotiations for peace in 1864 and 1865.”
Life in Richmond, 1863-1865
“1863-1865. Richmond, Virginia. A former Ordinance Bureau officer remembers the realities of the war years in the Confederate capital.”
Letters from Little Rock of Captain James M. Bowler, 112th United States Colored Troops
“The letters of a Union captain to his wife and mother written during his stay in the area around Little Rock, from July to December 1864.”
Local Incidents of the War Between the States
"As a state historian for the U.D.C., Mrs. Cappieman gave her account of the war in the year 1901. The locale of her reminiscence’s centers on Claiborne County, MS. Through personal recollection, she vividly describes life in Mississippi during the…
Letters of George Caleb Bingham to James S. Rollins, Part 1
“Bingham was an artist from Kansas City, MO who often wrote about the shortages of money and basic living supplies, to his cousin-in-law who was in the Union army.”
Letters of George Caleb Bingham to James S. Rollins Part 2
“Bingham was an artist from Kansas City, MO who often wrote about the shortages of money and basic living supplies, to his cousin-in-law who was in the Union army.”
Letters of George Caleb Bingham to James S. Rollins, Part 3
“Bingham was an artist from Kansas City, MO who often wrote about the shortages of money and basic living supplies, to his cousin-in-law who was in the Union army.”