Trass, Victoria Hansford

Overview Transcript of the 38-page reminiscences of Victoria Hansford Teass documents Teass's experiences as a Confederate in Coal Mouth, West Virginia, during the early years of the Civil War. Teass describes both her life on the home front and interactions with the Confederate and Union troops moving through the area. Topics related to the start of the war include molding bullets; visiting the Kanawha Riflemen at Camp Tompkins in the spring of 1861; servants being sent to another farmer; slave...