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Reminiscences of Rousseau's Raid“Fall of 1863. Talladega, Alabama. A young boy’s memory of a Union raid on his hometown and “the important part the women and boys and slaves played…
Rumbling of the Chariot Wheels“An account of the Civil War-era "doings and misdoing in the barefooted period of a boy's life on a southern plantation" in the South Carolina Sea…
Reminiscences of the Civil War
On the Plantation: A Story of a Georgia Boy's Adventures During the War“First published in 1892, ON THE PLANTATION is the most autobiographical of Harris's works and includes extensive examples of his renderings of the…
Recollections of the Civil War“1861-1865. Central and western Missouri. A young teenager from the western border of Missouri recalls the war in that region and how the conflict…
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.…
What a Boy Saw of the Civil War with Glimpses of Gen. Lee
A Boy and His Flag“1861. Virginia. A young man in 1861 recalls his first Confederate flag and later coming back to Virginia from Baltimore and meeting confederate…
A Boy of the Old Dominion During the War Between the States“1861-1865. Alexandria, Virginia. The memories of a youngster living in the busy city on the south bank of the Potomac—across from Washington, D.C.”
When South Carolina Seceded“November 8, 1860-July 14, 1863. A lady offers her recollections of Columbia, South Carolina during secession time—as reflected in her teenage…