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

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

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Goldie's Inheritance: A Story of the Siege of Atlanta

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Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers

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Governor Letcher's Candid Correspondence

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Grandfather's tales of North Carolina history.

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Harmony Hall: Recollections of an Old Southern Home, 1852-1882.

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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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