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“June-December 1861. Missouri. A Union General discusses events in Missouri as the war began.”
“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”
“December 25, 1861. Northern Virginia. The first Yuletide day of the war at Stuart's Cavern.”
“Written from Berkeley County, Virginia, May 12, 1861, to brother in Iowa, this letter reflects intense southern feelings in a divided family.”

Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers
The Military Operations in Missouri in the Summer and Autumn of 1861
The Capture of Lexington
A Reminiscence of Christmas of 1861
Pocket Diary for 1861
Letter from a Citizen of the Southern Confederacy
One Year of the War; Civil War Diary of John Withers, Assistant Adjutant-General, of the Confederate Army
Recollections of Judge Wm. D. Wood, of San Marcos, TX. II Secession
Letters of Rev. W.H. Mitchell, January 1861
Reminiscences of the War, Part 1