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Zulma: A Story of the Old South
“On the plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish before and during the Civil War, the faithfulness of a slave girl.”
Women, or, Chronicles of the late war
“Women's work in the war laid around Winchester-Richmond.”
Woman Saved Richmond City: Thrilling Story of Dahlgren's Raid and Mrs. Seddons' Old Blackberry Wine
“March 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A memory of one woman’s valiant effort to save Confederate capital during a Union cavalry attack.”
When Sherman Marched Through Georgia
“Fall of 1864. Cassville, Georgia. A young woman’s recollections of the awesome Yankee assault.”
When Richmond Was Evacuated
“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A South Carolina soldier describes the “deafening, roaring flames of the burning city,” as the confederate capital was abandoned to Yankee invaders.”
When Missouri Went into the War
“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”
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.'”
What Happened to Me
“The delicately emotional reminiscences of Mrs. George E. Pickett, with a brief portion on the ante-bellum years, much on the Civil War in VA as it seemed to a Confederate hero’s wife and then the sadness of defeat and reconstruction.”
War Times in Natchez
“1861-1865. Natchez, Mississippi. A lady recalls the years of the conflict in "Grand, exclusive, heroic Natchez.”