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War Memories of a Virginia Woman“1861-1863. Northern Virginia. A lady recalls the hopeful beginnings of the war in the plantation are near the Chesapeake Bay and later her escape…
When Missouri Went into the War“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”
Women, or, Chronicles of the late war“Women's work in the war laid around Winchester-Richmond.”
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…
Wartime Scenes From Convent Windows: St. Cecilia, 1860 Through 1865
War and Reconstruction times in Texas: 1861-1865
What Fort Fisher Meant to the Confederacy
War Times in Hempstead County, Ark“1864-1865. Southwest Arkansas. A native of the area recalls the war years in a rural county in Southwest Arkansas.”
What Sherman did to Fayetteville, N.C."A local resident summarized the destruction wreaked upon a key city: 'a special object of hatred to Sherman’s army.'”
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.”