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

Fall of Richmond

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1909, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

Southern Silhouettes

“Sketches of life on Louisiana and Mississippi plantations during the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, pd:1887, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

War Times in Natchez

“1861-1865. Natchez, Mississippi. A lady recalls the years of the conflict in "Grand, exclusive, heroic Natchez.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, loc:Natchez MS, pd:1902, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Recollections of Judge Wm. D. Wood, of San Marcos, TX. II Secession

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:San Marcos TX, loc:Texas, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:memory

Life in Civil War East Texas

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Texas, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:local history, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

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…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Columbus GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Oswichee Creek GA, loc:Russell County AL, pd:1982, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Ten Days in Richmond

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, pd:1862, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

A Heroine of the Sixties

“1863-1865. Giles County. Virginia. An unidentified woman described a valiant young neighbor who always helped Confederates and “met every vicissitude with dauntless courage that never wavered.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Giles County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1921, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative