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

What Sherman did to Fayetteville, N.C.

"A local resident summarized the destruction wreaked upon a key city: 'a special object of hatred to Sherman’s army.'”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Fayetteville nc, loc:North Carolina, milt:Sherman's march, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Tags: era:1860s, era:postwar, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Fayetteville nc, loc:North Carolina, pd:1893, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, 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

"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

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

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

“1863-1865. High Point, North Carolina. A lady recalls local efforts to assist wounded soldiers at a hospital located in a converted hotel.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:High Point NC, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wayside Hospital NC, pd:1908, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, 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

“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

”1863. LaGrange, Georgia. Praise for young women of the South and their service—“they stood ever in readiness.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:La Grange GA, pd:1922, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:memory