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The Autobiography of Brantley York“Vol. 1. Volume 1 is the only one published; it includes four chapters on the Civil War; scarce hardback issue.”
Recollections of an Old Man. Seventy Years in Dixie, 1827-1897“Sullins was Chaplain in 19th Tennessee. Reg., 2nd edition seems to have been printed in the same year as the First.”
A Confederate Woman's Kind Act Finely Told. Letter From a Soldier Boy to His Mother- Sympathetic Richmond Woman Shows Herself True Samaritan--Her Exquisite Sympathy and Hospitality to Two Confederates“August 10, 1861. Richmond, Virginia A. Letter describes a Virginia lady’s kindness to two Confederate soldiers.”
A Confederate Menu“July 4, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A pleasant spoof of confederate food shortages at the siege of Vicksburg.”
Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers.…
Personal Experiences with Robert Toombs“Winter 1865. Georgia. A recollection of a key Georgia leader n the last months of the war.”
Escape of Breckinridge and Benjamin“April-May 1865. Richmond To Charleston. A friend of John C. Breckinridge summarizes an 1874 conversation about the secret trips out of the defeated…
War Days in Fayetteville, North Carolina: Reminiscences of 1861 to 1865