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Memoirs of James Madison Hudson
Personne Goes to Georgia: Five Civil War Letters“March 1-18, 1862. "Personne," a correspondent for the Charleston DAILY COURIER, wrote that Savannans felt that their fortifications were strong…
Nothing to Eat But Raw Bacon: Letters from a War Correspondent, 1862“April 6-7, 1862. Provides information about Shiloh battle tactics, the courage of western men on both sides, the capture of well-provisioned Union…
Reminiscences of the Civil War
James M. Torbert's Journal for 1857-1874
Letters of James Lusk Alcorn
Autobiography of James L. Smith: Including also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.“A description of the war by a slave driven from the Memphis area to Alabama and Mississippi.”
Letter of John Campbell, Unionist“John Campbell, Searcy County delegate to the secession convention of 1861, explains why he voted for secession. The period of secession and later…
From Paraclifta to Marks' Mill: The Civil War Correspondence of Lieutenant Robert C. Gilliam
THE DIARY OF DOLLY LUNT BURGE, Part I“1861-1865. Records the difficulty of managing a 200-acre cotton plantation in central Georgia, as prices increased, and the supply of goods and labor…