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Devotion of Southern Women to the Confederacy“1861-1865. North and South Carolina. A confederate veteran offers praise to the “noble, patriots, and loyal women” of the south and describes some of…
Deterioration of a Georgia Rice Plantation During Four Years of Civil War“May 1861-June 30, 1865. Near Savannah, Georgia. Diary of a member of a famed Charleston Huguenot family records effects of war on a rice plantation a…
Defeat in Victory: Yankee Experience in Early Civil War Jacksonville“March-April 1862. Diaries. Keene was a Northerner who had recently come to Florida to operate a hotel. He joined a local militia unit at the start…
Daring Molly Tynes“July 1863. Near Tazewell, Virginia. A recollection of a daring riot by an “eighteen-year-old courier. . . beautiful of form and face” who rode to…
Dalton During the Winter of 1863-64
Dale County and the People During the Civil War
Cullings from the Confederacy: A Collection of Southern Poems, Original and Others, Popular During the War Between the States, and Incidents and Facts Worth Recalling. 1862-1866: Including the Doggerel of the Camp, as well as a Tender Tribute to the Dead“1862-1866. Discusses women's efforts and attitudes; prices and shortages-a wide variety of brief items.”
Courtesy in War“Spring 1863. Holly Springs, Mississippi. A Confederate recalls mutual courtesy between General Grant and the owners of the house he was using as his…
Cotton and Profits Across the Border: William Marsh Rice in Mexico, 1863-1865
Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.