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

Evablina -- Last of the Old Virinia Slaves

“General. A remembrance of a loyal family servant.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:postwar, loc:Somerset Va, loc:Stafford County Va, loc:Virginia, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Exhumation of the Body of John C. Calhoun 1863

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:exhumation of John C. Calhoun, loc:Carleston SC, loc:Morris Island SC, pd:1951, su:medical, su:political, su:southern, ts:correspondence

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

Extinguishing the Lights: 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc: Plaquemines Parish LA, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Eads Lighthouse LA, loc:South West Pass Light House LA, pd:1860, pd:1861, pd:1978, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Extinguishing the Lights: The Teche District

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc: Plaquemines Parish LA, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Eads Lighthouse LA, loc:South West Pass Light House LA, pd:1860, pd:1861, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin

“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed significant events in the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1915, su:civilian, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:diary