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

Wilson's Raid and Other Recital

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Wilson's Raid, loc:Alabama, loc:Coosa County AL, loc:Montgomery AL, milt:Union Army Cavalry Corps, milt:Wilson's Cavalry, milt:Wilson's Raiders, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:warfront, ts:memory

When Richmond Was Evacuated

“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A South Carolina soldier describes the “deafening, roaring flames of the burning city,” as the confederate capital was abandoned to Yankee invaders.”

Tags: au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1931, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Watch on the Chattahoochee: A Civil War Letter

“A brief letter home from the future congressman and governor of Georgia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Chattahoochee GA, loc:Georgia, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1959, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:correspondence

Wilmington and the Blockade Runners

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, su:confederate, su:military, ts:narrative

With the Blockade Runners

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War Spirit at the Virginia Military Institute

“Spring 1861. Lexington, Virginia. A former cadet proudly describes the deep Southern feelings at UMI as the war approached.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Lexington VA, loc:Virginia, loc:Virginia Military Institute, pd:1914, su:confederate, su:military, su:seccession, su:unionist, ts:memory

War Diary of W. C. Porter

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Clarksville Ar, loc:Johnson County Ar, pd:1952, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:diary

WAR JOURNAL OF A CONFEDERATE OFFICER

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Muscle Shoals Al, loc:Tuscumbia Al, milt:24th Regiment Tennessee Volunteers, pd:1946, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:warfront, ts:diary

When Missouri Went into the War

“1861. Missouri. A former lawyer in Boonville, Missouri, remembers the beginning of wartime struggles in his state.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1920, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

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