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

On Sherman's Track: Or, The South After the War

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Kentucky, loc:Missouri, pd:1867, su:African American, su:civilian, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, ts:memory

Our Family Physician

“1861-1865. Eastern Virginia. A memory of the valiant work of a Virginia healer, Dr. Ezekiel Starke Tally of Hanover County.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Cold Harbor VA, loc:Hanover County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1928, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

North Carolina women of the Confederacy

"Includes reminiscences and some wartime community associations' minutes."

Tags: au:female, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:biography, ts:narrative

New Orleans at War: A Merchant's View

“June 8, 1861 -April 4, 1862. A manager of cotton brokerage reported the effects of the Federal blockade to one of the firm's owners. He included the state of the cotton market, the city's defenses, and the activities of the British Guard Battalion,…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1973, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Narrative of Reminiscences in Williamsburg County

“Has limited value for wartime years in this South Carolina county.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:South Carolina, loc:Williamsburg County SC, pd:1897, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Nancy Harts' of the Confederacy

”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:La Grange GA, pd:1922, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:memory

Nothing to Eat But Raw Bacon: Letters from a War Correspondent, 1862

“April 6-7, 1862. Provides information about Shiloh battle tactics, the courage of western men on both sides, the capture of well-provisioned Union camps, the destruction, and the civilians who fled Corinth.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Shiloh, loc:Hardin County Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1958, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:military, su:observer, su:warfront, ts:correspondence