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

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

Documents Relating to Elisha Baxter's Imprisonment

Tags: au:southern, au:union, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Batesville Ar, loc:Little Rock AR, loc:Pulaski County Ar, pd:1957, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:prison, su:southern, su:union, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Evacuation of Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1885, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

FANNY COHEN'S JOURNAL OF SHERMAN'S OCCUPATION OF SAVANNAH

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Georgia, loc:Savannah GA, pd:1957, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:diary

Fall of Richmond, April 3, 1885

“April 3, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A former resident of the CSA capital describes the awesome events of the fall of the city.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Going Home From the Army

“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Benton County Ak, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Washington GA, pd:1930, su:confederate, su:military, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men

"A summary of events during the Civil War, at Pensacola, Apalachicola Bay, Santa Rosa Island, and Olustee, FL.."

Tags: era:1861, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:eastern shore va, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, loc:Pensacola FL, loc:St. Augustine FL, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

In Sherman's Wake

“February-March 1865. Marlboro County, South Carolina. A young student at the Federal Academy in Bennettsville, South Carolina describes the Union troops’ dash through that town and school.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Bennettville SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1932, su:child girl, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory