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

The Experiences of an Unrecognized Senator

Tags: era:1866, era:postwar, loc:Red River County TX, loc:Texas, pd:1908, su:civilian, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

The Evolution of a State, or Recollections of Old Texas Days

“J. Frank Dobie described this account as the "best of all books dealing with life in early Texas Bully reading." This reminiscence by a key Texas pioneer summarizes the decades from the early settlements by U.S. immigrants in Texas until he left the…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Texas, pd:1900, su:battlefield, su:local history, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, ts:narrative

The Destruction of Columbia, South Carolina

“A German's account of the destruction of the South Carolina capitol.”

Tags: au:foreign, au:German, au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Columbia, loc:South Carolina, su:confederate, su:foreign, su:German, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Correspondences of Jonathan Worth

“1861-1865. North Carolina, primarily from Raleigh and Asheboro. These letters reflect Worth's service in the state senate and as state treasurer.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:economics, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:correspondence

The Carlyles: A Story of the Fall of the Confederacy.

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1905, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:narrative

The Autobiography of Sir Henry Morton Stanley

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Shiloh, loc:Mississippi, loc:Shiloh MS, pd:1909, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:prison, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:autobiography

The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte.

“The early chapters of this volume, written by a distinguished scientist describe his antebellum and wartime experiences in Georgia and South Carolina, especially at Columbia. See also WARE SHERMAN and WHEN THE WORLD END.”

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade

“While this recollection by a truly distinguished citizen of Wilmington concentrates on the blockade activities, it includes much material on the city itself.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Seige of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory