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General David Hunter's Sack of Lexington, Virginia, June 10-14, 1864: An Account by Rose Page Pendleton
“June 10-14, 1864. Lexington, Virginia. The daughter of Brigadier General William Nelson Pendleton related how the women and children faced uncertainty and terror five days after the Federals came to their proud town.”
Reminiscences of the Civil War By J. W. Frederick
“1861-1865. Ten years old when the war began, this observer recalls the patriotic zeal that prompted the principal of his school, the Marshallville Academy (Georgia), to raise a company, recruit most of the older boys, and march off to Virginia.…
The Charleston Fire of 1861 as Described in the Emma E. Holmes Diary
“December 11-12, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A young woman whose home was destroyed by a severe fire in the city described the conflagration in her diary.”
