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

LOUISIANA BURGE: THE DAIRY OF A CONFEDERATE COLLEGE GIRL

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Burge Plantation GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Newton County Ga, pd:1952, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

THE CAMPAIGN FROM CHATTANOOGA TO ATLANTA AS SEEN BY A FEDERAL SOLDIER

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Chattanooga, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, milt:101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1941, su:battlefield, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

The Civil War in Chowan County, North Carolina

“1861-1865. Chowan County, North Carolina. This brief account by a doctor whose estate was Union headquarters in the area for two years describes the naval battles in Albemarle Sound, cavalry raids, and the difficulties which he and his neighbors in…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Chowan County NC, loc:North Carolina, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:local history, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Chapel Hill at the Close of the War

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Chapel Hill NC, loc:North Carolina, su:civilian, su:education, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Memories of Three Score Years and Ten

“Served in the Amelia Minute Men, afterward known as Co. H, 44th VA Vols. during war Presbyterian minister.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Baltimore MD, loc:Columbia SC, loc:Farmville VA, loc:Lynchburg VA, milt:44th Virginia Infantry Regiment, pd:1908, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:biography

A Southern Woman's Bravery

“1863. Vicksburg to Brandon, Mississippi. A confederate veteran recalls how a brave woman—assisted by a Union captain from Wisconsin—save her family’s treasures from Yankee plunderers.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Brandon MS, loc:Mississippi, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory