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A Confederate Girl Visits Pennsylvania, July-September 1863, Part 2

“July 29-September 3, 1863. Letters. Relates her travel from Maryland to Pennsylvania, the city of Altoona, family affairs, and impressions of the course of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Altoona PA, loc:beltsville md, loc:Maryland, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1966, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:diary

Civil War Reminiscences

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Cass County MO, loc:General Orders No. 11, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1907, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:war experience

Boyhood Impressions of the Lexington Missouri, Area, 1858-1863

“Born in 1845, this young observer moved to Lafayette County from Virginia in 1858 and recalled life in west-central Missouri until his family moved to Illinois in 1863.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, loc:Lafayette County MO, loc:Lexington MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1957, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:memory

Suffering in Fredericksburg: Refugees Returned After Battle to Find Chaos in Old City

“Early in 1863. Fredericksburg, Virginia. A description of destruction in the Virginia river town.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fredericksburg, loc:Fredericksburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

SUE MUNDY: "An Account of the Terrible Kentucky Guerrilla of Civil War Times"

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Kentucky, loc:Louisville Ky, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

The Life and Adventures of Capt. Robert W. Andrews of Sumter, South Carolina: Extending over a period of 97 years ... Together with reminiscences of the war of 1812, and the recent "unpleasantness" between the North and South.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:autobiography

Some Memories

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Kingdport TN, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1937, su:childhood, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, su:war experience, ts:diary, ts:memory

War-Time Sketches: Historical and Otherwise

“A compilation of papers by the woman who served as historian of the "Stonewall Jackson Chapter" of New Orleans, U.D.C., 1909-11. Mrs. George H. Tichenor, of New Orleans, was a significant contributor to this volume. She was a source for "The…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Battle of the Handkerchiefs, loc:Louisiana, su:camp life, su:childhood, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative