Browse Items (108 total)
- Tags: su:childhood
Sort by:
Texas Memoirs of Amelia E. Barr
“1857-1867. Austin, Texas. This item is a truly delightful account of the Texas years of the prolific late-nineteenth-century novelist in Austin. By her daughter Lillie Barr Munroe, and includes some very informative views of the war years in the…
Village Life in America, 1852-1872 including the period of the American civil war as told in the diary of a schoolgirl
Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc: Canandaigua Ny, loc:Auburn Ny, loc:East Bloomfield Ny, loc:Geneva Ny, loc:Naples Ny, loc:New York, loc:Penn Yan Ny, loc:Rochester Ny, pd:1913, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:local history, su:northern perspective, su:religion, ts:diary
What the Yankees Did to Us
“1861-1865. Liberty County and Andersonville. Georgia. A wartime lad remembers the beginning of the war on the plantation near Savannah, the coming of Sherman’s invaders, the family's flight to the west, and finally, their “return to our abandoned…
Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance
“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to evade and out-wit Federal occupation officers.”
When South Carolina Seceded
“November 8, 1860-July 14, 1863. A lady offers her recollections of Columbia, South Carolina during secession time—as reflected in her teenage journal.”
War Recollections 3 of 3
“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”
War Recollections 2 of 3
“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”
War Recollections 1 of 3
“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”