Black Horse Camp #780

Memoirs of Service Afloat During the War Between the States by Admiral Rafael Semmes, CSN - 1869 The disruption of the American Union by the war of 1861 was not…

Ode by Henry Timrod Sung on the occasion of decorating the graves of the Confederate dead, at Magnolia Cemetery, Charleston, S. C., 1866 Sleep sweetly in your humble graves, Sleep,…

Jefferson Davis' Farewell Address Senate Chamber, U.S. Capitol, January 21, 1861 I rise, Mr. President [John C. Breckinridge], for the purpose of announcing to the Senate that I have satisfactory…

Arlington, Virginia, April 20, 1861 General (Winfield Scott): Since my interview with you on the 18th inst. I have felt that I ought no longer to retain my commission in the…

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/harmony-friendship-and-mutual-confidence-would-have-taken-the-place-of-the-bayonet The original public letter from Senator Revels to President Grant was published in several Mississippi newspapers in November 1875. "In conclusion, let me say to you, and through you,…

https://www.abbevilleinstitute.org/report-of-the-committee-on-foreign-affairs Report published by the C.S.A government explaining to foreign governments why independence was necessary in May 1861. "The real issue involved in the relations between the North and the…

A Cavalry Company of Girls In the early summer of 1862 there were three companies stationed along the foot of Walden's Ridge, in Tennessee Valley, from Sale Creek to Emory…

Confederate Soldier's Letter Shows Feelings I am 82 years of age. My grandfather served the Confederacy under North Carolina Gen. J. Johnston Pettigrew. He died at the Battle of Gettysburg.…