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

Fifty Years on the Road the Autobiography of a Traveling Salesman

“Interesting chapters on "On the road during Civil War," "In War-tom Missouri," "Road incidents in the South and West."

Tags: era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Missouri, pd:1911, su:economics, su:travel, su:war experience

Harmony Hall: Recollections of an Old Southern Home, 1852-1882.

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1912, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

History and Reminiscences of Denton County

Tags: era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:denton county tx, loc:Texas, su:Native American, su:religion

In Winter Quarters at Dalton, Ga., in 1863-64

"December 1863-April 1864. Near Dalton, Georgia. A former Confederate soldier describes how he and his mates were dependent upon the local farmers for food and other supplies."

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Dalton GA, loc:Georgia, milt:2nd Georgia Battalion, pd:1918, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Life in Dallas County, Ala., During the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Dallas County AL, pd:1916, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Last Scenes of War: How I Got Home

“April-May 1863. Richmond to North Georgia. A former private recalls the weeks from the fall of Richmond until he reached his home in Georgia after a trying journey.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, pd:1919, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory