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

Heel-Fly Time in Texas: A Story of the Civil War Period

“Reminiscences of the author, chased by "Heel-flys", young home guards, often gangs who terrorized unprotected civilians, even returned soldiers. Originally written in 1911 by Hunter and published Anon, in “Hunter's Magazine," but as a pamphlet,…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Hopkins County Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1910, su:camp life, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Sixty years on the Brazos; the life and letters of Dr. John Washington Lockhart, 1824-1900

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Texas, pd:1930, su:confederate, su:medical, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:biography

Pioneer Talladega. Its Minutes and Memories, Chapter XXIII

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Telladega AL, pd:1954, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:local history, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:offical documents

The Wedding at the Parker House

”Notes of black regiments at Punta Rassa, ca. 1865: The 2d and 99th U.S. Colored Infantry and 2d Florida (U.S.) Cavalry. Describes Fort Myers, the nearby Indians, a ball in celebration of the fall of Richmond, and a military wedding for an Indian…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Punta Rassa FL, su:African American, su:camp life, su:Freedmen, su:military, su:Native American, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, ts:memory

One Year of the War; Civil War Diary of John Withers, Assistant Adjutant-General, of the Confederate Army

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1967, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:military, su:political, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Prayer For The Spirit Of Acceptance: The Journal of Martha Wayles Robertson, 1860-66

“1860-1866. Robertson's diary often takes the form of a prayer, written as a spiritual exercise in self examination and communion with God. An early entry considered the threat of fratricide a national error, and she asked for God to reconcile the…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Siege of Petersburg, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Virginia, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Augusta County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1902, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

The Autobiography of Joseph Le Conte.

“The early chapters of this volume, written by a distinguished scientist describe his antebellum and wartime experiences in Georgia and South Carolina, especially at Columbia. See also WARE SHERMAN and WHEN THE WORLD END.”