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

Watch on the Chattahoochee: A Civil War Letter

“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Chattahoochee GA, loc:Georgia, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1959, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

“Unknown time. Alabama. A lady recalls a story by her mother about a trying night when lonely women were brave.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Tags: au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Knoxville Tn, loc:Tennessee, milt: Company D 20th Tennessee Regiment, milt:20th Tennessee Regiment, pd:1945, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Tags: au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Knoxville Tn, loc:Tennessee, milt: Company D 20th Tennessee Regiment, milt:20th Tennessee Regiment, pd:1945, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

“1861-1865. Raymond, Mississippi. Memories of childhood war years in a small Mississippi town.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Raymond, loc:Raymond MS, pd:1911, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

“1861- 1865. Indianola, Texas. A former resident describes a small but active wartime port on the Gulf of Mexico.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fort Esperanza, loc:Fort Esperanza Tx, loc:Matagorda Bay TX, loc:Texas, pd:1903, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:New Bern NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative