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

The Civil War Journal and Letters of Colonel John Van Duesen Du Bois, April 12, 1861 to October 16, 1862, Part 1

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The Civil War Diary of Rufus J. Woolwine

“June 1, 1861-June 7, 1865. Primarily in June. The diary of a young soldier from Patrick County, Virginia, this material includes valuable descriptions of life in the author's home state and the South in defeat.”

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The Civil War Diary of Mrs. Henrietta Fitzhugh Barr (Barre), 1862-1863, Ravenswood, Virginia

“February 16, 1862-August 20, 1863. Everyday life in a town with divided loyalties.”

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The Capture of Jefferson Davis

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THE BATTLE OF PERRYVILLE, OCTOBER 8, 1862 AS DESCRIBED IN THE DIARY OF CAPTAIN ROBERT B. TAYLOR

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The Battle of Fort Sumter as Seen from Morris Island

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Texas Memoirs of Amelia E. Barr

“1857-1867. Austin, Texas. This item is a truly delightful account of the Texas years of the prolific late-nineteenth-century novelist in Austin. By her daughter Lillie Barr Munroe, and includes some very informative views of the war years in the…

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Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade, Being a Turn of the Century Account of Blockade Running

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Sue Sparks Keitt to a Northern Friend, March 4, 1861

“March 4, 1861. Marlborough District, South Carolina. Mrs. Keitt, of South Carolina, offered Mrs. Brown with two reasons why Southern states were leaving the Union: the election of Abraham Lincoln and the tyrannical intentions of the "Black…

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