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

Evacuation of Richmond

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Extracts from War-Time Letters, 1861-1864

“November 12, 1861-June 16, 1865. Westport, Missouri. Six letters from a young woman to her mother which describes the severe effects of the war on the western border.”

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Documents Relating to the Arkansas Peace Society of 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, loc:Van Burn County Ar, pd:1958, su:Arkansas Peace Society, su:civilian, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy

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Civil History of the Government of the Confederate States, With Some Personal Reminiscences.

“Of use only for political history, a defense of secession.”

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Children of Honor: Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862

Civil War Letters of Sam Houston

“October 7, 1862-April 21, 1863. Huntsville, Texas. Three letters to the editor of the Nacogdoches Chronicle reveal ex-Governor Samuel Houston s criticism of President Jefferson Davis and leading generals and his despondency over the declining…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Cedar Point Tx, loc:Huntsville Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1978, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876

Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Port Royal Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

CARL SCHURZ'S LETTERS FROM THE SOUTH

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1951, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River, Raleigh, N.C.

“Half of the book relates to CSA operations. Wilmington was last Confederate port closed during the war, so this volume is mine of information on blockade running and naval history about these strategic ports.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Cape Fear Nc, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1914, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:local history, su:observer, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, ts:narrative

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