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

Zulma: A Story of the Old South

“On the plantation in Pointe Coupee Parish before and during the Civil War, the faithfulness of a slave girl.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Natchez MS, pd:1897, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:narrative

Vivid War Experiences at Ripley, Miss

“Letter written by Cole's mother to "Cousin Blanche" of Franklin, TN, on November 2, 1862, described the realities of the war near her home at Ripley, Mississippi.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:ripley MS, pd:1893, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Under Both Flags: A Panorama of the Great Civil War, as Represented in Story, Anecdote, Adventure, and the Romance of Reality

Tags: au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1896, su:battlefield, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Under the Guns: A Woman’s Reminiscences of the Civil War, With an Introduction by Mrs. General U.S. Grant

“By an Iowa lady why served in Union hospitals useful for Southern life described-Chattanooga, Vicksburg, Nashville, and most other areas of the CSA "west".

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Georgia, loc:Iowa, loc:Keokuk Iowa, loc:Mississippi, loc:South Carolina, pd:1895, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory