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

A Virginia Girl in the First Year of the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax Va, loc:Virginia, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Extinguishing the Lights: 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc: Plaquemines Parish LA, loc:Louisiana, loc:Port Eads Lighthouse LA, loc:South West Pass Light House LA, pd:1860, pd:1861, pd:1978, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Union Band Director Views Camp Rolla, 1861

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Rolla MO, milt:13th Illinois Infantry, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

James B. Dorman's Civil War Letters

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Rockbridge County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1979, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:political, su:seccession, ts:correspondence

Private Journal of Mary Ann Owen Sims, Part I

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Ouachita County AR, pd:1976, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Confederate Woman's Kind Act Finely Told. Letter From a Soldier Boy to His Mother- Sympathetic Richmond Woman Shows Herself True Samaritan--Her Exquisite Sympathy and Hospitality to Two Confederates

“August 10, 1861. Richmond, Virginia A. Letter describes a Virginia lady’s kindness to two Confederate soldiers.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Monterey VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1910, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin

“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed significant events in the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1915, su:civilian, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:diary

The First Shot at Fort Sumter

“Extract from the unpublished diary. April 6-16, 1861. Charleston, South Carolina. A detailed description of Charleston and the events relating to the beginning of the war, as recorded in the diary of the man credited with "firing the first shot."

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Carleston SC, loc:Fort Sumter SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1911, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:narrative