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

From Paraclifta to Marks' Mill: The Civil War Correspondence of Lieutenant Robert C. Gilliam

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George Washington Diamond's Account of the Great Hanging at Gainesville, 1862

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Governor Milton and His Family. A Contemporary Picture of Life in Florida during the War

“An extract from her "Life in the South, etc."

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Historical Incidents: What "Our Women in the War" Did and Suffered

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How it Was: Four Years Among the Rebels

“This is a trustworthy account which does not attempt to record minute details, conversations, and exact dates. Mrs. Irby Morgan was married to a brother of General John H. Morgan and was living in Nashville when the war broke out. Morgan left…

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Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period

“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…

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Recollections Grave and Gay

“Burton Harrison was private secretary to Jeff Davis. This work describes social life in CSA, especially in Richmond; also includes opinions on Confederate leaders.”