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

Blockade-Running from Wilmington

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Blockade of Wilmington, loc:North Carolina, loc:Wilmington NC, pd:1895, su:blockade, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bloody Franklin

“November 30-December 1, 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers some sidelights of civilians affected by the battle in Middle Tennessee.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Brief Narrative of Incidents in the War in Missouri, and of the Personal Experience of One who has Suffered.

“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Boonville MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1863, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:memory

Beersheba Springs (Tenn) in War Times

“1861-1865. Beersheba Springs, Tennessee. Recollections of the war’s impact on a beautiful mountain retreat.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Beersheba Springs Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1901, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

BURNING OF COLUMBIA

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia GA, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

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

Boyhood Days in Alabama

“1861-1865. Wilcox County, Alabama. A lad, only seven years old in 1861, recalls the realities of the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Camden Al, loc:Canton Bend Al, loc:Wilcox County Al, pd:1923, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Banishment from Missouri in 1864

“Late 1864-1865. Missouri. A lady sadly recalls Union decisions to oust Confederate supports.”

Tags: au:female, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:General Order No. 11, loc:Missouri, pd:1918, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

A March Past: Reminiscences of Elizabeth Randolph Preston Allen

"References to Stonewall Jackson and other Civil War materials."

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:southern, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

A Private Chapter of the War.

“A gripping account of Bailey's adventures behind Confederate lines in Georgia in 1864.”

Tags: era:1860s, era:1880, milt:6th infantry connecticut volunteers army of the potomac, su:army of the potomac, su:northern perspective, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory, ts:narrative

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