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

Confederate Moonshiners

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cold Harbor, loc:Mechanicsville Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1885, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Closing Scenes of the War About Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:warfront, ts:memory

Bloody Franklin

“November 30-December 1, 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers some sidelights of civilians affected by the battle in Middle Tennessee.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Banishment from Missouri in 1864

“Late 1864-1865. Missouri. A lady sadly recalls Union decisions to oust Confederate supports.”

Tags: au:female, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:General Order No. 11, loc:Missouri, pd:1918, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Balloon Used for Scout Duty

“Spring 1862. Near Richmond. Pioneer use of a hot air balloon.”

Tags: loc:Virginia, pd:1914, su:ballooning, su:camp life, su:war experience, su:warfront

Bushwhacker Activity on the Missouri Border: Letters to Dr. Glen O. Hardeman, 1862-1865

“1862- 1865. Western Missouri. A number of communications describe events in the area devastated by raiders supporting both sections in the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, milt:75th Regiment Militia Missouri, pd:1964, su:camp life, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:slaveholding, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Yankee in Louisiana: Selections from the Diary and Correspondence of Henry R. Gardner, 1862-1866

Tags: 10th U.S. Colored Artillery, au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, milt:18th New York Independent Battery Light Artillery, milt:Company G 10th US Colored Artillery, su:African American, su:camp life, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Yankee Views the Agony of Savannah

“A Union soldier describes occupied Savannah.”

“January 29, 1865. A recent arrival from Boston wrote home about the devastation of Savannah and General Sherman's occupation of the city.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Georgia, loc:Savannah GA, pd:1959, su:civilian, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:correspondence