“Ada W. Bacot's diary of her experiences as a nurse in the South Carolina hospital for Confederate soldiers in Charlottesville, Virginia provides a rare record of Confederate hospital life as perceived by a lady volunteer. Bacot, a young widow, did…
“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 few miles upriver from Savannah.”
WILLIAM PARKER CUTLER'S CONGRESSIONAL DIARY OF 1862-63 Allan G. Bogue William Parker Cutler's career in the first United States Congress of the Civil War appears at first glance to have been less than noteworthy. Elected as a Republican to the House…
“December 26, 1864-May 31, 1865. Charleston, South Carolina, and Vicinity. The proud but defeated port city as observed by a native Carolinian who had been living in New York City and came back to visit her home area. Mrs. Thomas traveled from New…
"April 17-June 12, 1865. Central North Carolina, northern South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. A remarkable clear description of a defeated Confederate soldier’s difficult trek home to Tennessee, from the surrender of his unit in North Carolina."