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

Valkyria, or Chaplets of Mars

“Epic of a fallen South.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1881, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Under the Guns: A Woman’s Reminiscences of the Civil War, With an Introduction by Mrs. General U.S. Grant

“By an Iowa lady why served in Union hospitals useful for Southern life described-Chattanooga, Vicksburg, Nashville, and most other areas of the CSA "west".

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Georgia, loc:Iowa, loc:Keokuk Iowa, loc:Mississippi, loc:South Carolina, pd:1895, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

To Tuscaloosa and Beyond: A Union Cavalry Raider in Alabama, March-April 1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Georgia, pd:1982, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

Thomas R.R. Cobb: Extracts from Letters to his Wife, February 3, 1861-December 10, 1862

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“February 3, 1861 - December 10, 1862. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond and Virginia battle frontier. Extracts, from letters to his wife, by key Georgia moderate secessionist, describe events in Confederate congress and then from Virginia…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1900, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

The Women of the Confederacy

“An excellent history of the role of Women of the Confederacy, Topics covered include "Relations with the Enemy," "Instances of Heroism" and "The Misery of Defeat."

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1936, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative