Two ladies in the struggle for Southern independence
This unique Leonaur edition brings together two personal accounts of the American Civil War as it was experienced by Confederate ladies. This was a war notable for the willingness of American women to become directly involved in the conflict-including, on some notable occasions, actually dressing in military uniforms and joining the men on the battlefield. Women spies on either side were not uncommon and the famous-or notorious, depending upon the loyalties of the arbiter-female Confederate spy Belle Boyd, who proved to be invaluable...

Two ladies in the struggle for Southern independence
This unique Leonaur edition brings together two personal accounts of the American Civil War as it was experienced by Confederate ladies. This was a war notable for the willingness of American women to become directly involved in the conflict-including, on some notable occasions, actually dressing in military uniforms and joining the men on the battlefield. Women spies on either side were not uncommon and the famous-or notorious, depending upon the loyalties of the arbiter-female Confederate spy Belle Boyd, who proved to be invaluable...

Published in 1906, Avary explains in this volume, the social conditions that existed in the South during the 12 years after the Civil War.

Based on eyewitness accounts, this book fully and graphically portrays the social conditions which existed in the South during the twelve year Reconstruction period following the downfall of the Confederate States of America. The author deals with such subjects as the oppressive military dictatorship to which the Southern people were subjected, the intrigue of the Loyal (Union) League, the tyranny of the Freedman's Bureau, the corruption of the Carpetbagger Governments, and the rise of Southern secret societies such as the Ku Klux Klan and the Knights of the White Camelia.