personal narratives

A collection of contemporary accounts of daily life from the Civil War era.

A collection of letters in which Louisa May Alcott recounts the experiences she had while serving as an army nurse during the Civil War.

Focuses on the experiences of individuals in the Civil War through first-person narratives, from the perspective of both the North and the South, and speeches delivered before and during the conflict.

Written during the Civil War, this diary reveals the life of Mary Chesnut, wife of a South Carolina legislator who served the Confederacy.

An annotated edition of William Tecumseh Sherman's memoirs, in which he discusses his life from his birth in 1820 through his Civil War days as commanding general of the Union forces in the West, up to his retirement from the military in 1884.

Anecdotes detail a Confederate soldier's life in the Civil War as he becomes a crack shot, leader, and an escaped POW.

Contains the Civil War journal of Private George Hitchcock, telling of his experiences beginning in August 1862 and continuing through his discharge in January 1865.

Collection of personal accounts of the Civil War battle of Fredricksburg. Includes maps, illustrations, and photographs.