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

Mrs. Greenhow, Confederate Spy

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1932, su:confederate, su:family narrative, su:military, su:spy, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

A Billy Yank's Impressions of the South

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Columbus. Ky, loc:Kentucky, milt:39th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1953, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

South after Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865

“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…

An Account of the Occupation of Fort Hudson, Louisiana

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Hudson LA, milt:6th Alabama Infantry, milt:Company D 6th Alabama Infantry, pd:1956, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Civil War Letters of Sam Houston

“October 7, 1862-April 21, 1863. Huntsville, Texas. Three letters to the editor of the Nacogdoches Chronicle reveal ex-Governor Samuel Houston s criticism of President Jefferson Davis and leading generals and his despondency over the declining…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Cedar Point Tx, loc:Huntsville Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1978, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Courtesy in War

“Spring 1863. Holly Springs, Mississippi. A Confederate recalls mutual courtesy between General Grant and the owners of the house he was using as his temporary headquarters.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, loc:Holly Springs MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1931, su:camp life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory