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

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade

“While this recollection by a truly distinguished citizen of Wilmington concentrates on the blockade activities, it includes much material on the city itself.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Seige of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Diary of James T. Ayers: Civil War Recruiter

“December 28, 1863 - May 24, 1865. The volume includes the observations of an ‘aging’ Methodist minister from Illinois who came South to recruit "patch of darkies" for the Union Army, beginning at Stevenson, Alabama. Later, he enlisted as a soldier…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, milt:preacher, pd:1947, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:union, su:warfront, ts:diary

Robert Ormsby Sweeny: Some Civil War Sketches

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1983, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:narrative

The Burning of Columbia

“February-March 1865. Columbia, South Carolina. An eyewitness account of the burning of the South Carolina capital.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia, loc:Columbia SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1928, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, ts:memory

Campaigning in Missouri: Civil war Memoir of General Jefferson C. Davis

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Missouri, pd:1959, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

The Civil War Letters of Captain Daniel O'Leary, U.S.A.

A Georgia Confederate Soldier Visits Montgomery, Alabama, 1862-1863

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Columbia GA, loc:Georgia, milt:20th Georgia Infantry Regiment, pd:1963, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Checkered Life

“The author's recollections of his early days in Montgomery County and elsewhere in Kentucky with notices of his Civil War experiences and the activities of the 24th Kentucky (Union) Regiment based on a diary. Also included is a collection of the…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Shiloh, he:Corinth Campaign, loc:Kentucky, milt:24th Kentucky Regiment, pd:1883, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:Reconstruction, su:travel, ts:biography, ts:memory