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

A War Correspondent's View of St. Augustine and Fernandina: 1863

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Fernandina Fl, loc:Florida, loc:St. Augustine FL, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, ts:correspondence

An Arkansas Lady in the Civil War: Reminiscences of Susan Fletcher

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Boy's Impressions of the Battle of Franklin

"November 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. The battle in Middle Tennessee as seen by a youngster.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:child boy, su:civilian, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Glimpse at Occupied New Orleans: The Diary of Thomas H. Duval of Texas, 1863-1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisville, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1989, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Belgian Consul on Conditions in the South in 1860 and 1862

“January 20, 1861, and November 15, 1862. Text of two reports by the consul at Atlanta, to Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, describing conditions in the South and prospects for extending commerce to the region.”

Tags: loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1937, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:observer, su:political, su:travel, ts:offical documents

Adventures on My Trip to Texas in the Fall of 1864

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1984, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Texas, pd:1945, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Memorable Night

“Spring 1863. Near Florence, Alabama. A lady recalls how Yankee raiders “plundered through our double parlors” in Union General Wilson’s raid.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Florence Al, pd:1932, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:memory

Autobiography of "the Countryman," 1866

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:Putnam County GA, pd:1943, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:autobiography

An Account of the Sufferings of Friends of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, in Support of Their Testimony Against War, From 1861 to 1865.

“1861-1865. A sad summary of the sufferings by these quiet people.”

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1868, su:abolitionist, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

A Sassy Little Rebel

“1861. Washington, D.C. CSA sympathies of a spunky girl in Parkersburg, WV.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Washington D.C., pd:1919, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:memory

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