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The Civil War Diary of Mrs. Henrietta Fitzhugh Barr (Barre), 1862-1863, Ravenswood, Virginia

“February 16, 1862-August 20, 1863. Everyday life in a town with divided loyalties.”

Tags: au:female, era:1860s, era:1862, era:1863, loc:Ravenswood WV, loc:West Virginia, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, ts:diary

The Colonel's Lady Some Letters of Ellen Wilkins Tompkins, July-December 1861

“July-December 1861. When her farm, "Gauley Mount" (Fayette County, Virginia), was occupied by Union forces, Mrs. Thompkins remained rather than moving east with her husband and the Confederate army. She included incidents of the occupation, the…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fayette County WV, loc:Gauley Mount Plantation, loc:West Virginia, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Confederate Raid at Morgantown, West Virginia

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Raid of Morgantown WV, loc::FayetteCounty PA, loc:Morgantown WV, loc:Pennsylvania, loc:West Virginia, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

In the Wake of Battle: A Woman's Recollections of Shepherdstown During Antietam Week

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Antietam, loc:Shepherdstown WV, loc:West Virginia, pd:1886, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

A Midnight Raid and a Leap in the Dark

Tags: au:female, era:1863, loc:Harper Ferry WV, loc:Shenandoah Valley, loc:Virginia, loc:West Virginia, su:civilian, su:female experience, ts:memory

A Borderland Confederate.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Jefferson County WV, loc:West Virginia, pd:1962, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:diary, ts:narrative

A Girl's Recollections of War

“1863? Pulaski County, Virginia. “A schoolgirl during the War” remembers poignant events on the home front.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cloyd's Mountain, loc:Edgewood WV, loc:Pulaski County Virginia, loc:Virginia, loc:West Virginia, su:battlefield, su:child girl, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

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