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The Experiences of an Unrecognized Senator
Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to…
The Story of a Border City During the Civil War“1858-1866. A reminiscence of life in St. Louis from Secession to Radical rule by a ‘Professor in the University of Chicago, Resident of St. Louis…
The War-Time Journal of a Georgia Girl, 1864-1865"December 19, 1864—August 2, 1865. Andrews traveled over a broken railroad system and in wagons from Washington to a plantation near Albany, across…
Trip to Richmond in 1863“1863. East Tennessee to Richmond. The wife of Confederate officer imprisoned in the North describes her trip to the Confederate capital and her…
Three Hundred Miles in a Wagon“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon…
Some Memories of My Life
Recollections of a Varied Career“Massachusetts congressman's account of Roanoke Island and New Bern, pp. 51-76.”
Memories of Three Score Years and Ten“Served in the Amelia Minute Men, afterward known as Co. H, 44th VA Vols. during war Presbyterian minister.”
Experience in Richmond Hospitals“Spring 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A former soldier recalls the realities of hospital days.”