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

Reminiscences of Indianola, Tex

“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:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Apalachicola Fl, loc:Florida, pd:1916, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: era:postwar, pd:1922, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, ts:narrative

“October-December 1865. Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain encounters Reconstruction his Presbyterian ministry.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Carroll County Tn, loc:Gibson County Tn, loc:Tennessee, milt:51st Tennessee Regiment, pd:1920, su:confederate, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, ts:memory

“1863. Mobile and Tuscaloosa, Alabama. A wounded soldier goes “home” to recuperate and enjoy emotional support “by my old friends.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Tennessee, pd:1918, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory