William Green Jackson
- February 14, 1859 Rumors of sucession, G.W. moves to Texas
- June 1, 1859 Drilling practice and a letter from home
- September 5, 1859 Overseer of 45 slaves and uniforms for the militia men
- June 25, 1860 Building a house and a runaway slave
- December 23, 1860 Going home to get married, South Carolina secedes
- January 15, 1861 A baby boy! And thoughts about going to war
- February 20, 1861 Texas secedes
- April 23, 1861 Fort Sumter has been fired upon
- June 15, 1861 Hood's Brigade
- June 28, 1861 Building a fort at Galveston, living conditions
- July 30, 1861 Victory at Manassas, sharpshooters, thinking of home
- August 15, 1861 A friend dies from swamp fever
- September 2, 1861 Forming attack lines and learning to volley
- October 26, 1861 Outside Vicksburg, thinking about the war
- January 28, 1862 Resupplied and on the move to Tenn.
- March 15, 1862 My birthday and continuing northward
- April 8, 1862 Shiloh and withdrawing south
- June 1, 1862 Yankees take New Orleans, La., making ramrod bread
- June 21, 1862 Stonewall's victories, from cash crops to food crops at home
- October 24, 1862 Perryville and the many losses
- December 25, 1862 My life in the army
- September 25, 1863 My pa has died
- October 30, 1863 I've been shot!
- December 31, 1863 Starting for home in the winter
- January 15, 1864 A horse for the trip
- March 24, 1864 Confederate and Union irregulars
- July 4, 1864 In Texas with a Brother Freemason
- July 27, 1864 I am finally HOME!
- August 3, 1864 A lucky man...
- An end note from the author
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