“1861-1863. Northern Virginia. A lady recalls the hopeful beginnings of the war in the plantation are near the Chesapeake Bay and later her escape through Union lines to the Shenandoah Valley.”
“Letter written by Cole's mother to "Cousin Blanche" of Franklin, TN, on November 2, 1862, described the realities of the war near her home at Ripley, Mississippi.”
“By an Iowa lady why served in Union hospitals useful for Southern life described-Chattanooga, Vicksburg, Nashville, and most other areas of the CSA "west".
“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon trip back home a few weeks after the end of the war.”