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

Last Capital of the Confederacy at Danville

“April 3-10, 1865. Danville, Virginia. A brief description of the last Confederate capital by an unnamed eyewitness.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Danville VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:economics, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Jefferson Davis: Ex-President of the Confederate States of America

Tags: era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, su:confederate, su:plantation, su:political, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

Jeff. Davis House. Reminiscences Connected with its Ante-Bellum History-The Brockenbroughs, Morsons, Seddons, and Crenshaws, etc

Tags: au:female, au:southern, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1891, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:slaveholding, su:war experience, ts:memory

Our Southern Women in the War Times

“1861-1865. General. The wife of President Davis recalls that “the women of the South did not shrink from the prospect of great and painful economics.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1993, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Brokenburne: A Southern Auntie's War Tale

Tags: era:1860s, era:Civil War, su:female experience, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

Thrilling Experiences Near Memphis

“Spring, 1862. Near Memphis, Tennessee. A lady recalls her experiences as the Union troops arrived in the area of her country home east of Memphis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1896, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Alabama-Kearsarge Fight

Tags: au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cherbourg, he:Battle off Cherbourg, loc:Alabama-Kearsarge, loc:Cherbourg France, pd:1894, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:observer, su:warfront, ts:narrative

The Last Meeting of the Confederate Cabinet

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Abbeville SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1899, su:confederate, su:economics, su:political, su:war experience, ts:memory

Blockade-Running from Wilmington

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Blockade of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1895, su:blockade, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Fort Fisher

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fort Fisher, he:seige of Fort Fisher, loc:Fort Fisher NC, loc:Kure Beach NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1893, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

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