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

The Federal Occupation of Camden as Set Forth in the Diary of a Union Officer

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Camden AR, pd:1950, su:camp life, su:daily life, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Nice Pair of Moccasins

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Birmingham TN, loc:Florence TN, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1884, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Rebel Came Home: The Diary of Floride Clemson Tells of Her Wartime Adventures in Yankeeland, 1863-64, Her Trip Home to South Carolina

“January 1, 1863-October 24, 1866. From her home in Bladensburg, MD, the young daughter of a pro Confederate family reported news of the Gettysburg campaign and observed Early's Washington raid. In December 1864, she received a pass to visit a…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:beltsville md, loc:bladensburg md, loc:Maryland, loc:pendleton sc, loc:South Carolina, pd:1961, su:female experience, su:southern, su:travel, ts:diary

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

NEWS AND NOTES: Battle of Cynthiana, Ky., June 1864

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cynthiana Ky, loc:Cynthiana Ky, loc:Kentucky, pd:1952, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Scouting Expedition During the Civil War

“Undated recollections, apparently fragmentary, or author's movement as a CSA spy, across Potomac in Virginia, as far as Marlborough.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Annapolis MD, loc:Maryland, loc:Orange Court House VA, loc:Virginia, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:diary, ts:narrative

In Winter Quarters at Dalton, Ga., in 1863-64

"December 1863-April 1864. Near Dalton, Georgia. A former Confederate soldier describes how he and his mates were dependent upon the local farmers for food and other supplies."

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Dalton GA, loc:Georgia, milt:2nd Georgia Battalion, pd:1918, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory