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

Random Recollections of an Octogenarian

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Letters of John Letcher to J. Hierholzer, 1864-1865

“November 3, 1864-May 16, 1865. Lexington, Virginia. The former governor of Virginia described the effects of the war in the valley and his own opinions of the combat, in three letters to a merchant in Richmond.”

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Experiences of a War-Time Girl

“1861-1864. Northern Virginia. The memories and joys of the war by a then-young girl who had “never forgotten the horrors of the War between the States.”

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From the Diary of John R. Thompson

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The Southern Plantation Overseer as Revealed in His Letters

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Pleasant Days in War Time

“1862-1865. Virginia. An ex-confederate soldier remembers how helpful civilians were to him.”

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Alabama's Secession Convention, 1861

“January 1861. Montgomery, Alabama. Recollections of the conventions by a delegate—prepared by his grandson.”

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Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period

“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…

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