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

Memoirs of Governor William Smith, of Virginia.: His Political, Military, and Personal History

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Sixty years on the Brazos; the life and letters of Dr. John Washington Lockhart, 1824-1900

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Autobiography of "the Countryman," 1866

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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

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Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, With Reminiscences Illustrative of the Vicissitudes of its Pioneer Settlers

“Includes chapters on the people involved in all facets of the history of this area including the settlement, wars (Indian, Revolutionary, and Civil), and the years after the war. A detailed diary written by a writer at Staunton gives a vivid account…

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SOME TENNESSEE LETTERS, 1849 to 1864

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The Cradle of the Confederacy; or, The Times of Troup, Quitman, and Yancey. A Sketch of Southwestern Political History from the Formation of the Federal Government to A.D. 1861.

“Montgomery attorney describes events of secession and first months of the war. Maintains that Northern leaders drove the SW states to secession. Between 1850-1860.”

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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.”