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The Women of Alabama in the War

“1861-1865. Alabama. Memories of “one then in her teens” of the work of women in ‘that wonderful period of our beloved South.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, pd:1916, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:biography

An Arkansas Lady in the Civil War: Reminiscences of Susan Fletcher

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Dale County and the People During the Civil War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Clay Bank Creek Al, loc:Dale County Al, pd:1957, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Antebellum: Southern Life As It Was

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, su:daily life, su:southern, ts:narrative

Memoirs of a Southern Woman "Within the Line," and a Genealogical Record

Mary Jones Polk was born in Tennessee, the daughter of Dr. William Julius Polk and Mary Rebecca Long Polk. Her parents were married at Mt. Gallant, in Halifax County, North Carolina, in 1814 or 1818. They moved to Columbia, Tennessee, in 1828 or…

Tags: era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, pd:1912, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience

Zulma: A Story of the Old South

“On the plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish before and during the Civil War, the faithfulness of a slave girl.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Natchez MS, pd:1897, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:narrative

A Monotony Full of Sadness: The Diary of Nadine Turchin, May, 1863-April, 1864

“May 26, 1863-April 26, 1864. Wife of Brigadier General John Basil Tuchin who followed her husband to Tennessee. She was critical of everyone in charge of the conduct of the war, especially those who were profiting from the war. She noted her views…