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

Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance

“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to evade and out-wit Federal occupation officers.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Calhoun Tn, loc:McMinn County Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1908, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, ts:diary, ts:memory

Listen to the Mockingbird: The Life and Times of a Pioneer Virginia Family

“Family life during civil war and reconstruction. John Howe Capt., Co. E., 4th VA.”

Then and Now: Reminiscences and Historical Romance, 1856-1865

“This is a chronicle of the author's experiences, primarily in North Carolina and primarily in the last half of the 19th century, life in Piedmont, etc., with chapters on the Civil War, slavery, evolution, courtship, etc. It includes intimate, fresh…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Forest City NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Rutherfordton NC, pd:1926, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:narrative