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

Civil War Letters of George Washington Whitman from North Carolina

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

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A Checkered Life

“The author's recollections of his early days in Montgomery County and elsewhere in Kentucky with notices of his Civil War experiences and the activities of the 24th Kentucky (Union) Regiment based on a diary. Also included is a collection of the…

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The Evacuation of Richmond, April 3, 1865 and the Disastrous Conflagration Incident Theory

“April 3, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. More testimony relating to the evacuation of Richmond by an eyewitness.”

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Peter Dekle's Letters

Last Scenes of War: How I Got Home

“April-May 1863. Richmond to North Georgia. A former private recalls the weeks from the fall of Richmond until he reached his home in Georgia after a trying journey.”

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