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The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days
“J. Frank Dobie described this account as the "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas Bully reading." This reminiscence by a key Texas pioneer summarizes the decades from the early settlements by U.S. immigrants in Texas until he left the…
The First Shot at Fort Sumter
“Extract from the unpublished diary. April 6-16, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A detailed description of Charleston and the events relating to the beginning of the war, as recorded in the diary of the man credited with "firing the first shot."
Up the St. John's River
“On the Union occupation of Jacksonville, March 1863.”
Under the Guns: A Woman’s Reminiscences of the Civil War, With an Introduction by Mrs. General U.S. Grant
“By an Iowa lady why served in Union hospitals useful for Southern life described-Chattanooga, Vicksburg, Nashville, and most other areas of the CSA "west".
