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

What I Saw at Wilson's Creek

“June-August 1861. Southwest Missouri. A resident of Lincoln County, Missouri summarizes the events relating to the important battle in southwest Missouri.”

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With the Blockade Runners

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:Charleston SC, loc:North Carolina, loc:South Carolina, milt:Vigilant Rifles, pd:1925, su:blockade, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:warfront, ts:narrative

The Civil War through the Eyes of a Sixteen-Year-Old Black Officer: The Letters of Lieutenant John H. Crowder of the 1st Louisiana Native Guards

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Baton Rouge LA, loc:Louisiana, milt:1st Lousisana Native Guards, pd:1994, su:African American, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Sketches and Reminiscences

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:South Carolina, milt:26th Regiment Infantry South Carolina, pd:1903, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:slaveholding, ts:memory

Pensacola in the War for Southern Independence

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Pensacola FL, pd:1959, su:homefront, su:local history, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative, ts:offical documents

Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse

“1862-1865. Cumming served as a hospital matron in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, providing personal services and comfort for the wounded, and supervised the food and cleanliness of the hospitals. She exhorted women to serve in…