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

Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams

“1861-1863. Liberated from his master in Missouri by Union soldiers, Williams and his family moved to Fort Scott, then Lawrence, Kansas (where he witnessed Quantrill's Raid), and finally to Topeka.”

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William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861, to December 4, 1864, Part 3

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 2

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 1

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NEWS AND NOTES: Battle of Cynthiana, Ky., June 1864

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The Capture of Lexington

“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”

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Confederate Col. A.C. Riley, His Reports and Letters, Part 2

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Confederate Col. A.C. Riley, His Reports and Letters, Part 1

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Browse Items (139 total)

Civil War on the Kansas-Missouri Border: The Narrative of Former Slave Andrew Williams

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861, to December 4, 1864, Part 3

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 2

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 1

NEWS AND NOTES: Battle of Cynthiana, Ky., June 1864

The Capture of Lexington

Confederate Col. A.C. Riley, His Reports and Letters, Part 2

Confederate Col. A.C. Riley, His Reports and Letters, Part 1

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