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

The Iron Furnace: or, Slavery and Secession.

“A highly colored description of events in northeast Mississippi from the eve of the war through the arrest of the author for pro-Yankee statements.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tupelo ms, pd:1865, su:civilian, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, su:slavery, su:southern, su:union, ts:narrative

The Hidden Way to Dixie

"1863. Washington, D.C. to Richmond, Virginia. A New York businessman’s account of his trip to CSA."

Tags: au:male, era:1860s, era:Civil War, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:travel, su:union, ts:memory, ts:narrative

The Federal Occupation of Camden as Set Forth in the Diary of a Union Officer

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Camden AR, pd:1950, su:camp life, su:daily life, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Diary of James T. Ayers: Civil War Recruiter

“December 28, 1863 - May 24, 1865. The volume includes the observations of an ‘aging’ Methodist minister from Illinois who came South to recruit "patch of darkies" for the Union Army, beginning at Stevenson, Alabama. Later, he enlisted as a soldier…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, milt:preacher, pd:1947, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:union, su:warfront, ts:diary