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

Recollections of the Evacuation of Richmond

“April 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A description of the full of the Confederate capital by a man “living on Church Hill in the city.”

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

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:England, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1928, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:political, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:diary

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1884, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

“Although the work of a Presbyterian minister in St. Louis, this is a valuable insight into the difficulties of life in Border State during the War.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:St. Louis MO, loc:Virginia, pd:1871, su:African American, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:religion, su:slavery, ts:autobiography

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1899, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:slavery, su:warfront, ts:memory

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Beaufort SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1959, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, ts:autobiography

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Virginia, pd:1896, su:battlefield, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:St Louis MO, milt:3rd Regiment of MIssouri Volunteer Infantry, pd:1946, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:St Louis MO, milt:3rd Regiment of MIssouri Volunteer Infantry, pd:1946, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Kentucky, loc:Seneca County Oh, loc:Tennessee, milt:101st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1975, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront