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

“Beauty and Booty:” The Watchword of New Orleans

“New Orleans during the war, occupation, and atrocities.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1867, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

BURNING OF COLUMBIA

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia GA, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

Beersheba Springs (Tenn) in War Times

“1861-1865. Beersheba Springs, Tennessee. Recollections of the war’s impact on a beautiful mountain retreat.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Beersheba Springs Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1901, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri, and of the Personal Experience of One who has Suffered.

“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1863, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bloody Franklin

“November 30-December 1, 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers some sidelights of civilians affected by the battle in Middle Tennessee.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Blockade-Running from Wilmington

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Blockade of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1895, su:blockade, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bravery of Southern Women

“October 1864. Fauquier County, Virginia. A veteran describes “another link in the chain of heroic acts to the credit of the glorious women of the South.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Fauquier County VA, loc:Upper Fauquier County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory