Unvanquished: Confederate Women in the Civil War

  Brave southern women tell how they survived the desperate last days of the Confederacy in eyewitness accounts.  They outwitted the plund...

Starvation loomed as a stark possibility for many Southern women. Desperate women, trying to feed hungry children resorted to robbery.   ...

  The soldiers gathered in small groups each evening to prepare their food.  The food was low quality for both armies, but the Confederate s...

Ex Slave Finds Buried Treasure Many plantation owners buried their jewels, silver, and gold coins to keep it out of the hands of Yankee mara...

Mary Ann Harris Gay describes the family reunion with her returning Confederate soldier brother: "As we stood upon the plat...

The deadliest thing that faced the Civil War were infectious diseases. For every soldier who died in battle, two died of  disease .    Durin...

A Pot of Gold During the Civil War, many a Southern family buried their jewels, silver and gold coins in the ground, to hide from Yankee ...