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

The Rebel Letter

“April 23, 1861. Prairie Farm, Tennessee. Volunteer state pride and Southern loyalty expressed in a young woman’s letter.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Prairie Farm Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1924, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

The Story of my Life: or More than a Half-Century as I Have Lived it and Seen it Lived

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Tennessee, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

Trip to Richmond in 1863

“1863. East Tennessee to Richmond. The wife of Confederate officer imprisoned in the North describes her trip to the Confederate capital and her meeting with Jefferson Davis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Greensville Tn, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Tennessee, loc:Virginia, pd:1908, su:child girl, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Thrilling Experiences Near Memphis

“Spring, 1862. Near Memphis, Tennessee. A lady recalls her experiences as the Union troops arrived in the area of her country home east of Memphis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1896, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Three Hundred Miles in a Wagon

“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon trip back home a few weeks after the end of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Tennessee, pd:1908, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory