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

A Woman's Memories of the Sixties, Some Interesting Letters not Heretofore Published

“1861-1865. Texas to Kentucky. The recollections of Texas wife who tried to follow her husband toward the war front, where he died.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, he:battle of new orleans, milt:terry's texas rangers, pd:1893, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

An Account of the Organization and Operations of the Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:political, su:war experience, ts:narrative

An Adventurous Trip

“1863? Memphis, Tennessee. A young woman’s trip to the river city with a friend.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tallahatchie County MS, loc:Tennessee, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:occupation, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Augusta County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1902, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

As I Saw It

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Mexico MO, loc:Missouri, loc:St. Louis MO, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Autobiography of an Octogenarian

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Virginia, milt:18th Regiment Virginia Infantry CSA, pd:1907, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:autobiography

Autobiography of Arab.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Colimbia SC, loc:South Carolina, milt:2nd South Carolina Cavalry, milt:Beaufort District Troop, milt:Jeb Stuart's Staff, pd:1901, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Autobiography of John E. Massey

“Baptist minister, an ardent supporter of CSA and political affairs in Virginia, Reconstruction.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:postwar, he:Readjuster Movement, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, ts:autobiography

Beersheba Springs (Tenn) in War Times

“1861-1865. Beersheba Springs, Tennessee. Recollections of the war’s impact on a beautiful mountain retreat.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Beersheba Springs Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1901, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's,

“A splendid reminiscence of Confederate personalities, rich and poor, male and female, famous and obscure--but difficult to read completely; filled with details of CSA social life.”

Tags: era:1860s, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1907, su:civilian, su:observer, su:southern, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

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