Browse Items · The Haskell Monroe Collection: Life in the Confederacy

A Stage Ride up the Valley of Virginia in 1861: From the Diary of a Refugee

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1916, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Nice Pair of Moccasins

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Birmingham TN, loc:Florence TN, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1884, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

After the Fall of Richmond

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An Incident

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A Reminiscence

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Bayou Sara LA, loc:Louisiana, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront

A Doctor's Experiences in Three Continents

“Author served as Surgeon General of North Carolina; useful for information on Governor Vance's administration.”

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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of its Pioneer Settlers

“Includes chapters on the people involved in all facets of the history of this area including the settlement, wars (Indian, Revolutionary, and Civil), and the years after the war. A detailed diary written by a writer at Staunton gives a vivid account…

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Autobiography of James L. Smith: Including also, Reminiscences of Slave Life, Recollections of the War, Education of Freedmen, Causes of the Exodus, etc.

“A description of the war by a slave driven from the Memphis area to Alabama and Mississippi.”

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A Checkered Life

“The author's recollections of his early days in Montgomery County and elsewhere in Kentucky with notices of his Civil War experiences and the activities of the 24th Kentucky (Union) Regiment based on a diary. Also included is a collection of the…

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A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax Va, loc:Virginia, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

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