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

Early Charlottesville: Recollections of James Alexander, 1828-1874. Reprinted from the Jeffersonian Republican

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Early Days of the War in Missouri

“June-December 1861. Missouri. A recollection of the deep divisions of loyalty in a key border state.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1931, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Echoes from the Battlefield; Or, Southern Life During the War

“Impersonal account of life for a Georgia family during the war, by an M.D. living near Atlanta.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1902, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:war experience, ts:memory

Elisha Baxter's Autobiography

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Batesville Ar, milt:Arkansas Mounted Infantry, pd:1955, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:seccession, su:southern, su:union, su:unionist, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:correspondence

English Views of the Civil War: A Unique Excursion to Virginia, April 2-8, 1865

“April 2-8, 1865. An unauthorized trip through the Federal blockade up the James River by a party of Englishmen. Moseley, an accountant from London, described the ruins and the high price of goods at Petersburg and the devastation in Richmond, but he…

Experience of Missouri Women

“1864. Missouri. A Missouri Confederate recalls her daring and trying experiences to serve the CSA.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc: Kansas City MO, loc:Liberty Landing MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Experiences of a War-Time Girl

“1861-1864. Northern Virginia. The memories and joys of the war by a then-young girl who had “never forgotten the horrors of the War between the States.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1927, su:child girl, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:prison, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory