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A Night of Terror
“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”
A Boy of the Old Dominion During the War Between the States
“1861-1865. Alexandria, Virginia. The memories of a youngster living in the busy city on the south bank of the Potomac—across from Washington, D.C.”
Banishment from Missouri in 1864
“Late 1864-1865. Missouri. A lady sadly recalls Union decisions to oust Confederate supports.”
Letter of John Campbell, Unionist
“John Campbell, Searcy County delegate to the secession convention of 1861, explains why he voted for secession. The period of secession and later summarizing the negotiations for peace in 1864 and 1865.”
Life in the Confederate Army, Being the Observations and Experiences on an Alien in the
South During the American Civil War
“First, American edition. Watson, a Scotsman, emigrated to America a few years before the war and established a small business in Baton Rouge. Although a British subject, he enlisted in the Confederate Army on the outbreak of war.”
