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“1861-1865. The fascinating eyewitness account of Carter Anderson, a railroad conductor for the Confederacy. Anderson ran trains for the Virginia…
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…
The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters
Tributes to My Father and Mother and Some Stories of my Life“Story of Amos Johnston Battle, Baptist.”
Two Months in the Confederate States: Including a Visit to New Orleans Under the Domination of General Butler“This English merchant visited the Confederate States primarily to investigate the status of debts owed by Southerners to English and foreign…
The University of Virginia: Memoirs of Her Student-Life and Professors“Articles on Lee's Family, C. S. Venable (Lee's staff), Francis H. Smith & John W. Mallet, the ordnance expert.”
The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government“Wiley's introduction summarizes Davis' strengths and weaknesses.”
Thirty Years of My Life on Three Continents
Trinity College in War Times“December 1862. Nashville to Richmond. A contemporary letter describes a railroad trip from Tennessee to Virginia.”
The Old South in Peace and War--Confiscation of Plantation“1861-1863. Mississippi. A former resident of the Vicksburg area criticizes the high-handed manner in which Union Authority “acquired” Southern…