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

A Letter of Captain V. Chamberlain 7th Connecticut Volunteers

“Hilton Head, South Carolina, and Jacksonville, Florida. A Union Officer describes two occupied towns.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, pd:1936, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

The Correspondence of Robert Toombs, Alexander H. Stephens, and Howell Cobb

“A valuable resource for the years immediately preceding, during, and following the Civil War.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, pd:1913, su:confederate, su:economics, su:political, su:seccession, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Searching for the American Dream in Arkansas: Letters of a Pioneer Family

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Pine Bluff Ar, loc:Prairie County Ar, pd:1979, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Papers of Thomas Ruffin

“Vol. 3, covers the Confederacy. Ruffin supported secession and served as a CSA Commissioner from North Carolina.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1918, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:correspondence, ts:diary, ts:offical documents

Thomas R.R. Cobb: Extracts from Letters to his Wife, February 3, 1861-December 10, 1862

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“February 3, 1861 - December 10, 1862. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond and Virginia battle frontier. Extracts, from letters to his wife, by key Georgia moderate secessionist, describe events in Confederate congress and then from Virginia…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1900, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Remarkable Relic of the Confederacy

“Semmes comments on a lengthy letter from Alexander H. Stephens, Crawfordsville, Georgia, November 5, 1864. July 1, 1858-September 18, 1862. James River plantation, near Richmond, Virginia.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Crawfordsville GA, loc:Georgia, pd:1895, su:economics, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence