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

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Corinth, loc:Alabama, su:daily life, su:economics, su:female experience, su:local history, su:medical, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

In Hospital and Camp: A Woman's Record of Thrilling Incidents Among the Wounded in the Late War

Tags: era:1864, era:1865, loc:Washington D.C., milt:3rd Division, su:camp hospital, su:camp life, su:female experience, su:medical

Journal of the Civil War in Missouri, 1861, Henry Martyn Cheavens, 1862-1863

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Boone County MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1961, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:medical, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:diary

Key West in the Summer of 1864

Tags: era:1864, loc:Florida, loc:Key West FL, su:medical, ts:correspondence

Kate: The Journal of a Confederate Nurse

“1862-1865. Cumming served as a hospital matron in Mississippi, Tennessee, Georgia, and Alabama, providing personal services and comfort for the wounded, and supervised the food and cleanliness of the hospitals. She exhorted women to serve in…

Led On! Step by Step: Scenes from Clerical, Military, Educational, and Plantation Life in the South, 1828-1898

“Autobiography of the founder of Holy Communion Church Institute, later known as Porter Academy.”

Last Days of the Confederacy: Letters from Jefferson Davis During that Period

“1863-1865. General. A close associate of the Confederate president who was chaplain of the 49lh Miss. Regt. Proudly remembers his leader’s courage and determination.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Lauderdale Springs MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1894, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:political, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory