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When Missouri Went into the War

“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1920, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Missouri Boy’s Experiences

“1863. Missouri and Virginia. A young soldier recalls events in his home state in the middle of the war and then describes his trip home after being exchanged as a prisoner of war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:memory

Missouri History Not Found in Textbooks: Sale of Slaves at Columbia in 1864

Tags: era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Columbia MO, loc:Missouri, su:economics, su:enslaved, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, ts:offical documents

Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri "Bushwhacker," Being His Complete Confession

“A fascinating account of guerrilla warfare in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War. Hildebrand was a Southern partisan who claimed he only took to the field after several relatives were murdered by Federals. He conducted a…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Arkansas, loc:Green County Ak, loc:Missouri, milt:Bushwhacking Departmen, pd:1870, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

Civil War Experiences of Sarah J. Yeater, Written in 1909 and 1910 for my Three
Granddaughters, Frances, and Christine Yeater and Jeanette Brookmeyer

“Southern sympathies forced to flee south in Arkansas and Texas.”

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Osage Academy MO, loc:Osceola MO, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Adventures on My Trip to Texas in the Fall of 1864

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Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1984, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Texas, pd:1945, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Winter Spent in Texas and Our Return to Missouri

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Texas, pd:1945, su:child girl, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:slavery, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

My Experience During the War Between the States

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Osage Academy MO, loc:Osceola MO, pd:1945, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Immortelles: A Tribute to the "Old South"

“Much CSA-Missouri and Arkansas, port of J. Davis”.

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Missouri, pd:1896, su:economics, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative

General Hunter's Raid: Story of How General McCausland Held Immense Odds in Check. Burning of the Institute

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“June 1864. Lexington and Lynchburg, Virginia. Description of Union attacks on two Virginia cities.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, he:Raid of Hunter, loc:Missouri, pd:1897, su:civilian, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory, ts:narrative

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