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

“Beauty and Booty:” The Watchword of New Orleans

“New Orleans during the war, occupation, and atrocities.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1867, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

A Bluecoat's Account of the Camden Expedition

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Camden AR, pd:1965, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory, ts:narrative

A Borderland Confederate.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Jefferson County WV, loc:West Virginia, pd:1962, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:diary, ts:narrative

A Confederate Girl Visits Pennsylvania, July-September 1863, Part 1

“July 29-September 3, 1863. Letters. Relates her travel from Maryland to Pennsylvania, the city of Altoona, family affairs, and impressions of the course of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Altoona PA, loc:beltsville md, loc:Maryland, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1966, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Confederate Girl Visits Pennsylvania, July-September 1863, Part 2

“July 29-September 3, 1863. Letters. Relates her travel from Maryland to Pennsylvania, the city of Altoona, family affairs, and impressions of the course of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Altoona PA, loc:beltsville md, loc:Maryland, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1966, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:diary

A CONFEDERATE OFFICER'S LETTERS ON SHERMAN'S MARCH TO ATLANTA

A Contemporary Account of the Inauguration of Jefferson Davis

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1961, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:seccession, ts:correspondence

A Florida Soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Hosford Letters

A French View of the Fall of Richmond: Alfred Paul's Report to Drouyn De Lhuys, April 11, 1865

“April 2-3, 1865. The French Consul in Richmond recorded the chaotic conditions of the Confederate evacuation of Richmond and the calm that existed when Federal troops took charge. He noted CSA Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin's behavior as…

Tags: au:French, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1965, su:French, su:homefront, su:observer, su:occupation, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:narrative

A Georgia Confederate Soldier Visits Montgomery, Alabama, 1862-1863

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Columbia GA, loc:Georgia, milt:20th Georgia Infantry Regiment, pd:1963, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

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