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Stray Thoughts: The Civil-War Diary of Ethie M. Foute Eagleton, Part 2

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"December 25, 1861 - December 31, 1867. Diary with brief entries, written carefully by the wife of East Tennessee Presbyterian minister."

SUE MUNDY: "An Account of the Terrible Kentucky Guerrilla of Civil War Times"

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Kentucky, loc:Louisville Ky, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Sue Sparks Keitt to a Northern Friend, March 4, 1861

“March 4, 1861. Marlborough District, South Carolina. Mrs. Keitt, of South Carolina, offered Mrs. Brown with two reasons why Southern states were leaving the Union: the election of Abraham Lincoln and the tyrannical intentions of the "Black…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Mandeville Plantation, loc:Marlborough SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1961, su:plantation, su:political, su:seccession, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Suffering in Fredericksburg: Refugees Returned After Battle to Find Chaos in Old City

“Early in 1863. Fredericksburg, Virginia. A description of destruction in the Virginia river town.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fredericksburg, loc:Fredericksburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Surrender and Homeward Bound

“1865. Mobile to New Orleans to Louisville. A former CSA soldier recalls the last weeks of the war and his return home to Kentucky.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Tuscaloosa, loc:Georgia, loc:Tuscaloosa AL, pd:1918, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Surrender of Johnston's Army

“April of 1865. Near Durham, North Carolina. An eyewitness account of the surrender of Joseph E. Johnston’s valiant troops.”

Tags: era:1863, era:1865, he:Appomattox, loc:Appomattox VA, loc:Newberry SC, loc:South Carolina, loc:Virginia, milt:5th south carolina cavalry, pd:1920

Survivor of President Davis's Escort

“April - May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Georgia. The final fight of the confederate President and key associates described by a surviving member of the escorting troops.”

Tags: era:Civil War, loc:Clarksville Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1926, su:travel, su:war experience

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade

“While this recollection by a truly distinguished citizen of Wilmington concentrates on the blockade activities, it includes much material on the city itself.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Seige of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory