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

Sherman Burns the Libraries

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1870, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Camdem SC, loc:Carleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1954, su:civilian, su:education, su:homefront, su:observer, su:occupation, su:southern, 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

Sketches of old Warrenton, North Carolina: Traditions and Reminiscences of the Town and People Who Made It

“Contains a history of the town but focuses mainly on the homes of old Warrenton. Includes a section on the professional men, notable visitors, and events of Warrenton.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Warrenton Nc, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:narrative

Social Life in Old New Orleans, Being Recollections of my Girlhood

“Social life, plantation, New Orleans during War.”

Some Reactions of Union Soldiers Stationed in the South during the Civil War

Tags: au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Brazos Santiago TX, loc:Fayetteville Ar, loc:Minneapolis MN, loc:Minnesota, loc:Texas, pd:1951, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, su:war experience

Some Reminiscences of the Second of April 1865

“April 2, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. Recollections of Richmond on the day when CSA leaders decided to leave the city.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Some War Scenes Revisited

“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, pd:1878, su:African American, su:Battle of Richmond, su:battlefield, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

South Carolina Women in the Confederacy

“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary letters, reminiscences, diaries, etc., from the entire state.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, pd:1903, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront