Confederate States of America. Army. Mississippi Infantry Regiment, 11th. Company A
Letter from Richard C. Bridges to his sister describing the spread of smallpox in Goldsboro; insists on his family being vacinated; considers his wounded side to be improving; remarks on widespread hopes for an early peace.
Songs--United States--20th Century; Popular Music--United States
Cover: drawing of a saddened African American male sitting on the steps to a locked house, while an African American female peers out from behind the curtains; photo inset of two Caucasian males in blackface, listed as ""Ward and Wade""
In 1959 and 1960, Alan Lomax revisited the American South to record the still-living stream of traditional music in newly developed stereo sound. The collection features some of the region's most representative musicians and styles: Delta blues...