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

Recollections Grave and Gay

“Burton Harrison was private secretary to Jeff Davis. This work describes social life in CSA, especially in Richmond; also includes opinions on Confederate leaders.”

Harmony Hall: Recollections of an Old Southern Home, 1852-1882.

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1912, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

Henrico Home Front 1861-1865: A Picture of Life in Henrico County, VA, From May 1861, Through April 1865. Based Upon Selections From the Minute Books of the Henrico County Court.

“This volume reflects the tireless efforts of the local government and citizens in Richmond.”

Tags: era:1860s, loc:Henrico County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1963, su:homefront, su:local history, ts:biography, ts:narrative, ts:offical documents

Inside the Lines at Franklin

“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former “schoolgirl of 1864” remembers the “awful battle at Franklin.”

Tags: au:female, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1895, su:battlefield, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:local history, su:military, su:southern, ts:memory

Jacksonport, Arkansas: Its Rise and Decline

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Jacksonport Ar, pd:1950, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Jasper County, Missouri, in the Civil War.

“Missouri Guerrillas, Price's and Shelby's Raids, etc.”

Tags: au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Jasper County MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1923, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Life in Dallas County, Ala., During the War

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Dallas County AL, pd:1916, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Local Incidents of the War Between the States

"As a state historian for the U.D.C., Mrs. Cappieman gave her account of the war in the year 1901. The locale of her reminiscence’s centers on Claiborne County, MS. Through personal recollection, she vividly describes life in Mississippi during the…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Claiborne County MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Port Gibson MS, su:homefront, su:local history, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory