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The Dixie Primer: For the Little Folks, 1864
Call number: C.I. 4066

Priced at $0.50 per copy or $20 per one hundred copies, the lessons in the primer were designed to help children learn the alphabet and string letters into syllables and words. As the author stated in the preface, "Since children very rarely learn to read in the Primer, we deem it unnecessary to take up much space with reading lessons."
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The Geographical Reader for the Dixie Children, 1863
Call number: C.I. 4070
This text book was available for purchase in 1863 for $2. The first lesson focuses on the subject of geography and provides general information including definitions for land formations, points on a compass, and latitude and longitude. Subsequent lessons provide detailed descriptions of each state in the Confederacy and brief descriptions of the United States, Mexico, and South American countries. View excerpt from the entry on the United States

The Dixie Speller: To Follow the First Dixie Reader, 1864
Call number: C.I. 4067

In 1864 The Dixie Speller sold for $3. Lessons consisted of lists of vocabulary words, sentences defining terms, and passages for reading. Lesson 46 illustrates the pervasive influence of war as demonstrated by the vocabulary terms, "battery," "cavalry," and "infantry."