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A Report on Civil War America: Sir James Fergusson's Five-Week Visit
“September 17-October 23, 1861. Letter. Conservative member of the British Parliament. Traveled in both the North and South and visited the major personalities of the war. This letter to Lord Palmerston revealed that Fergusson favored the South and…
A Journey Among the Contrabands: The Diary of Walter Totten Carpenter
“January 1-March 24, 1864. Sent by the Indiana Quakers to Tennessee and Alabama to monitor the aid being given to the slaves who had escaped to, or been brought within, Union lines, Carpenter recorded miles traveled, the weather, and conditions of…
A Belgian Consul on Conditions in the South in 1860 and 1862
“January 20, 1861, and November 15, 1862. Text of two reports by the consul at Atlanta, to Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, describing conditions in the South and prospects for extending commerce to the region.”
A Night with Guerillas
“January 1863. Unknown place. An account of an unwilling jaunt with guerillas.”
A Boy and His Flag
“1861. Virginia. A young man in 1861 recalls his first Confederate flag and later coming back to Virginia from Baltimore and meeting confederate leaders north of Richmond.”
A Flordia Story of War Times
“1861-1864. Jacksonville, Florida, and South Georgia. A lady describes the coming of the war to north Florida and her family’s efforts to escape to South Georgia.”
A Woman's Memories of the Sixties, Some Interesting Letters not Heretofore Published
“1861-1865. Texas to Kentucky. The recollections of Texas wife who tried to follow her husband toward the war front, where he died.”
Autobiography of William Wood.
“Includes his travels in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Arkansas.”