Letters & diaries published as books can be found in the UM LIBRARIES CATALOG by adding keywords:
Offers full-text searchable letters and diaries of soldiers and noncombatants on both sides of the U.S. Civil War. The database can be searched by U.S. state, topics described, year of writers death, as well as by Union or Confederate loyalty and many other ways.
Date Coverage: 1861-1865
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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Provides access to full-text letters & diaries by North American women from colonial times to 1950. This collection includes the immediate experiences of 1,325 women and 150,000 pages of diaries and letters.
Date Coverage: Colonial times-1950.
Maximum Users: Unlimited
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