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

Balloon Used for Scout Duty

“Spring 1862. Near Richmond. Pioneer use of a hot air balloon.”

Tags: loc:Virginia, pd:1914, su:ballooning, su:camp life, su:war experience, su:warfront

Bread Upon the Waters

“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Berryville VA, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1931, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bravery of Southern Women

“October 1864. Fauquier County, Virginia. A veteran describes “another link in the chain of heroic acts to the credit of the glorious women of the South.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Fauquier County VA, loc:Upper Fauquier County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

Closing Scenes of the War About Richmond

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:warfront, ts:memory

Confederate Moonshiners

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cold Harbor, loc:Mechanicsville Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1885, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Confederate Hospitals at Petersburg, Va

“1862-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A woman describes the tireless work by many individuals to help the Confederate wounded.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1921, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Correspondence of Robert M. T. Hunter, 1826-1876

Hunter was a prominent Virginia states’ rights Democrat, US Senator, 1847-1861.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Port Royal Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

“July 1863. Near Tazewell, Virginia. A recollection of a daring riot by an “eighteen-year-old courier. . . beautiful of form and face” who rode to Wytheville, Virginia to warn the residents of a Yankee advance.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, loc:Wytheville VA, pd:1930, su:child girl, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative