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

Suffering in Fredericksburg: Refugees Returned After Battle to Find Chaos in Old City

“Early in 1863. Fredericksburg, Virginia. A description of destruction in the Virginia river town.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Fredericksburg, loc:Fredericksburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

“1861-1865. Natchez, Mississippi. A lady recalls the years of the conflict in "Grand, exclusive, heroic Natchez.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Natchez MS, pd:1902, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1961, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:seccession, ts:correspondence

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1929, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:biography, ts:memory

"Includes reminiscences and some wartime community associations' minutes."

Tags: au:female, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:biography, ts:narrative

"1861-1865. Chapel Hill, North Carolina. A personal reflection of events in Chapel Hill and at UNC during the war."

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Chapel Hill NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1930, su:civilian, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

“Spring 1863. Near Florence, Alabama. A lady recalls how Yankee raiders “plundered through our double parlors” in Union General Wilson’s raid.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Florence Al, pd:1932, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:memory

“1863-1864. Clarke County, Virginia. A contemporary letter describes life in the Shenandoah Valley in the midst of Yankee raids.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1880, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

“1864-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A recollection of the last months of the war, just south of Richmond.”

“1862- 1865. Near Winchester, Virginia. Recollections of a lady, near ninety years old, of events near her home in the Shenandoah Valley.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, loc:Winchester VA, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory