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

Letters of Rev. W.H. Mitchell, January 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1961, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:economics, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Life in Dallas County, Ala., During the War

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Manuscripts: Yancey-Davis Letter, Part 1

“Letters to and from William Lowndes Yancey on life in Alabama, before and during the War and difficulties facing the CSA.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, loc:Washington D.C., pd:1940, su:daily life, su:economics, su:political, su:religion, su:southern

Manuscripts: Yancey-Davis Letters, Part 2

“Letters to and from William Lowndes Yancey on life in Alabama, before and during the War and difficulties facing the CSA.”

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Memories: A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War

“Recollections by administrator and Nurse in CSA hospital and "stories" she heard from other contemporaries.”

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Mobile in the War Between the States

“A summary of the war years in the Alabama port city.”

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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…

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