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

A Billy Yank's Impressions of the South

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Columbus. Ky, loc:Kentucky, milt:39th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1953, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

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 Confederate Menu

“July 4, 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A pleasant spoof of confederate food shortages at the siege of Vicksburg.”

Tags: era:1863, era:Civil War, pd:1910, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront

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

A Confederate Woman's Kind Act Finely Told. Letter From a Soldier Boy to His Mother- Sympathetic Richmond Woman Shows Herself True Samaritan--Her Exquisite Sympathy and Hospitality to Two Confederates

“August 10, 1861. Richmond, Virginia A. Letter describes a Virginia lady’s kindness to two Confederate soldiers.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Monterey VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1910, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Connecticut Yankee after Olustee

Tags: au:northern, era:1864, loc:connecticut, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Connecticut Yankee Fights at Olustee: Letters from the Front

Tags: he:Olustee, loc:Florida, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:religion, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Doctor's Experiences in Three Continents

“Author served as Surgeon General of North Carolina; useful for information on Governor Vance's administration.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1885, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:medical, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

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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