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A Woman Rice Planter
“NEW YORK SUN columns written by the bankrupt daughter of a former South Carolina governor reveal the struggles Southerners faced after the Civil War.”
A Great Old-Time Schoolmaster
“1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee. A fond remembrance of the Rev. C.D. Elliott, wartime "principal of the old Nashville Female Academy.”
A Little Girl in the War
“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”
Back to Dixie, A Hard trip
“November 1864 - Spring 1865. Indiana to Kentucky. A reminiscence of escaped confederate prisoners who came South late in the war.”
Chronicles of Chicora Wood
“About one-third of this memoir by a member of a truly respected South Carolina family describes her difficulties and hardships during the war years.”
From Gloom to Glory
“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is exchanged for “a 20-gold piece.”
Life in Richmond, 1863-1865
“1863-1865. Richmond, Virginia. A former Ordinance Bureau officer remembers the realities of the war years in the Confederate capital.”
Nancy Harts' of the Confederacy
”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”
