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

THE LETTERS OF A GEORGIA UNIONIST: JOHN G. WINTER AND SECESSION

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1860, era:1861, loc:Columbus GA, loc:Georgia, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:seccession, ts:correspondence

History of the Civil War in America

Tags: au:French, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1875, su:foreign, su:France, su:observer, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Some Reactions of Union Soldiers Stationed in the South during the Civil War

Tags: au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Brazos Santiago TX, loc:Fayetteville Ar, loc:Minneapolis MN, loc:Minnesota, loc:Texas, pd:1951, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, su:war experience

Journal of a Young Lady of Virginia

“From an old manuscript of a country place in Maryland.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, loc:Virginia, pd:1871, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:slaveholding, ts:correspondence

Extracts from War-Time Letters, 1861-1864

“November 12, 1861-June 16, 1865. Westport, Missouri. Six letters from a young woman to her mother which describes the severe effects of the war on the western border.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Jackson County MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1928, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Siege of Vicksburg

“May-July 1863. Vicksburg, Mississippi. A young man’s memories of the siege and capture of the river port.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1929, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Alabama Plantation Life in 1860: Governor Benjamin Fitzpatrick's Oak Grove

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1860, era:antebellum, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, loc:Oak Grove Plantation AL, pd:1976, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:Oak Grove Plantation, su:plantation, su:political, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:narrative

A Memoir of Robert M.T. Hunter

“Hunter served as Secretary of State, CSA during part of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:biography

A Monotony Full of Sadness: The Diary of Nadine Turchin, May, 1863-April, 1864

“May 26, 1863-April 26, 1864. Wife of Brigadier General John Basil Tuchin who followed her husband to Tennessee. She was critical of everyone in charge of the conduct of the war, especially those who were profiting from the war. She noted her views…

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