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

A Memorable Night

“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

Adventures on My Trip to Texas in the Fall of 1864

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1984, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Texas, pd:1945, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Belgian Consul on Conditions in the South in 1860 and 1862

“January 20, 1861, and November 15, 1862. Text of two reports by the consul at Atlanta, to Belgian Minister of Foreign Affairs, describing conditions in the South and prospects for extending commerce to the region.”

Tags: loc:Atlanta GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1937, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:observer, su:political, su:travel, ts:offical documents

A Glimpse at Occupied New Orleans: The Diary of Thomas H. Duval of Texas, 1863-1865

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisville, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1989, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Boy's Impressions of the Battle of Franklin

"November 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. The battle in Middle Tennessee as seen by a youngster.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:child boy, su:civilian, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

An Arkansas Lady in the Civil War: Reminiscences of Susan Fletcher

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A War Correspondent's View of St. Augustine and Fernandina: 1863

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Fernandina Fl, loc:Florida, loc:St. Augustine FL, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, ts:correspondence

A Memoir of Robert M.T. Hunter

“Hunter served as Secretary of State, CSA during part of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:biography

A Reminiscence

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Bayou Sara LA, loc:Louisiana, su:camp life, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:medical, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront

A Girl's Experience in the Siege of Vicksburg

“Personal reminiscence of the siege.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

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