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

The Hidden Way to Dixie

"1863. Washington, D.C. to Richmond, Virginia. A New York businessman’s account of his trip to CSA."

Tags: au:male, era:1860s, era:Civil War, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:travel, su:union, ts:memory, ts:narrative

The Heroine of Fort Fisher

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fort Fisher, loc:Fort Fisher NC, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1929, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:warfront, ts:narrative

The Dismal Swamp and Lake Drummond: Early Recollections; Vivid Portrayal of Amusing Scenes

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:gates county nc, loc:North Carolina, loc:suffolk va, loc:the dismal swamp, loc:Virginia, su:homefront, su:local history, su:observer, su:travel, ts:narrative

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

THE EARLY CIVIL WAR IN SOUTHERN KENTUCKY AS EXPERIENCED BY CONFEDERATE SYMPATHIZERS

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Camp Boone Tn, loc:Clarksville Tn, loc:Tennessee, milt:Second Kentucky Infantry Regiment, pd:1970, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Some Memories

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Kingdport TN, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1937, su:childhood, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, su:war experience, ts:diary, ts:memory

Social Life in Richmond During the War

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:1891, era:Civil War, he:The Seven Days Battles, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Some Letters of the Barnard Elliott Habersham Family 1858-1868

“January 20, 1858 - April 27, 1868. South Carolina and Virginia. Some wartime letters of the family of an Episcopal rector in Sumter County, South Carolina.”