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

Pocket Diary for 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Greensboro AL, pd:1966, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Letter from Dardanelle to Jonesville, South Carolina

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:postwar, loc:Arkansas, loc:Jonesville SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1969, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Chronicles of the Cape Fear River, Being Some Account of Historic Events on the Cape Fear River, Raleigh, N.C.

“Half of the book relates to CSA operations. Wilmington was last Confederate port closed during the war, so this volume is mine of information on blockade running and naval history about these strategic ports.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Cape Fear Nc, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1914, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:local history, su:observer, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, ts:narrative

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade, Being a Turn of the Century Account of Blockade Running

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Blockade of Cape Fear River, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1960, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, ts:narrative

Tales of the Cape Fear Blockade

“While this recollection by a truly distinguished citizen of Wilmington concentrates on the blockade activities, it includes much material on the city itself.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, he:Seige of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Diary of James T. Ayers: Civil War Recruiter

“December 28, 1863 - May 24, 1865. The volume includes the observations of an ‘aging’ Methodist minister from Illinois who came South to recruit "patch of darkies" for the Union Army, beginning at Stevenson, Alabama. Later, he enlisted as a soldier…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, milt:preacher, pd:1947, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:union, su:warfront, ts:diary

Memories of Slavery Days in Kentucky

Tags: au:male, era:antebellum, loc:Kentucky, pd:1973, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, ts:narrative

Robert Ormsby Sweeny: Some Civil War Sketches

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1983, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Post Civil War Mobile: The Letters of James M. Williams, May-September, 1865

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, loc:Mobile AL, pd:1970, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

My Relatives Are Leaving Me Very Fast': War Times Letters of James Wright to His Nephew

“June 14-July 3, 1864. A successful cotton producer from Russell County, AL, to his nephew stationed near Savannah. Concern for the young man's health, description of everyday activities on the plantation, and references to shortages of glass jars…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Columbus GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Oswichee Creek GA, loc:Russell County AL, pd:1982, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

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