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A Poor Widow Asks for Food: 1865
“May 8, 1865. A Baldwin County, Georgia woman wrote this letter to Union Major General James H. Wilson, revealing the lingering desolation caused by Sherman's march across Georgia.”
The Lights and Shadows of Itinerant Life: An Autobiography of Rev. Simon Peter Richardson
“A Major in the Confederate Army.”
The South Since the War, as Shown by Fourteen Weeks of Travel and Observation in Georgia and the Carolinas
"Fall of 1865. South Carolina, North Carolina, and Georgia. This very perceptive description of three defeated states originated as a series of letters from a reporter for the Boston Daily Advertiser and the Chicago Tribune. American Culture…
The City of Vicksburg (A Girl’s Journey to Vicksburg, Second Section)
“1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. The account of a young woman’s trip to the key river port, under Union escort.”
General Hunter's Raid: Story of How General McCausland Held Immense Odds in Check. Burning of the Institute
“June 1864. Lexington and Lynchburg, Virginia. Description of Union attacks on two Virginia cities.”
Immortelles: A Tribute to the "Old South"
“Much CSA-Missouri and Arkansas, port of J. Davis”.
A Confederate Girl's Diary
"March 9, 1862 - May 2, 1865. One of the best Confederate diaries, written by a Baton Rouge girl, who was a fervent Confederate. In 1863, she moved to the north shore of Lake Pontchartrain and later into New Orleans. Dawson was initially ambivalent…