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The Civil War was the first major American conflict in which women nurses played a significant role. This diary records the daily experiences, hardships and joys of a Southern plantation owner and widow whose patriotism prompted her to care for confederate wounded.
This book in 4 volumes lists approximately 22,000 descendants of 81 of the original 400 Huguenot immigrants to Carolina, arriving around 1685. For each immigrant, an Individual Summary is provided, and all known descendants are listed by generation for up to 10 generations , showing names and dates. The Index in Volume 4 can be used to find if you are descended from these 81 Huguenot immigrants. No sourcing or documented evidence of relationship is provided and the authors do not guarantee accuracy. However, the data has been carefully checked from many sources and can be used as the basis for further genealogical research and documentation.
This is Volume 2 of 4 volumes. See Volume 1 for a complete book description.
"THE DISTAFF CIVIL WAR" is an accounting of but a few of the women who lived during the period of the American Civil War and contended with the many problems, North and South. Some of these problems would seem trivial in our day, but in the mid-19th Century, they were almost unsurmountable. The book covers the lives of a diverse number of women who coped with major problems, both physical and emotional, and survived with dignity and bravery. The book provides a chronological narrative of letters and other documents created by these heroic women during the four years of the Civil War. Many of these women were unsung in their time and are little known today. With their accounts, a background i...
For over 75 years markers have been erected across South Carolina's highways, biways, roads, and streets. These markers are now collected into one book containing the marker names, inscriptions, dates erected, sponsoring organizations, coordinates and physical locations. Author and historian Brian Scott takes you on a county-by-county journey as you explore 1,446 historical markers that tell the story of South Carolina. --
The most prominent of birth places for these South Carolina vets is Darlington District, South Carolina. In addition to today's Darlington County, the District also included parts of today's Florence and Lee counties. Neighboring counties are also represented.
This is Volume 4 (the Index) of 4 volumes. See Volume 1 for a complete description of the Register. Use this Index to see if your family is included. If your name, or that of your father or grandfather, is listed in this Index, look at the page numbers after the name. Each page will show a relationship with one of the 81 Huguenot immigrant families covered in this Register.
There is an extraordinary range of material in this anthology, from Lincoln’s Gettysburg address to a contemporary account of a visit from the Ku Klux Klan. The primary sources reproduced are both visual and written, and the secondary materials present a remarkable breadth and quality of relevant scholarship. Contains an extensive selection of writings and illustrations on the American Civil War Reflects society and culture as well as the politics and key battles of the Civil War Reproduces and links primary and secondary sources to encourage exploration of the material Includes editorial introductions and study questions to aid understanding
In his Second Inaugural Address, delivered as the nation was in the throes of the Civil War, Abraham Lincoln proclaimed that both sides "read the same Bible and pray to the same God, and each invokes His aid against the other." He wasn't speaking metaphorically: the Bible was frequently wielded as a weapon in support of both North and South. As James P. Byrd reveals in this insightful narrative, no book was more important to the Civil War than the Bible. From Massachusetts to Mississippi and beyond, the Bible was the nation's most read and respected book. It presented a drama of salvation and damnation, of providence and judgment, of sacred history and sacrifice. When Americans argued over t...