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

The Good Samaritan at Franklin

“1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former soldier describes the “devoted and unselfish service to the sick and wounded” by Mrs. John McGavock.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:medical, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:narrative

The History of a Work of Faith and Love in Charleston, South Carolina: Which Grew Out of the Calamities of the Late Civil War

“Contains a good account of the burning of Columbia, SC by Federals.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Columbia SC, pd:1882, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Journal of Eldress Nancy, Kept at the South Union, Kentucky, Shaker Colony, August 15, 1861-September 4, 1864

“Shaker colony of South Union, KY; civilian account of war kept by Eldress Nancy Moore.”

“August 15, 1861-September 4, 1864. Recorded that men loyal to the Union were fleeing Kentucky to avoid conscription into Confederate service. When…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Kentucky, loc:South Union Ky, loc:South Union Shaker Village Ky, pd:1963, su:abolitionist, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Journal of Julia le Grand, New Orleans, 1862-1863

“A very useful account of wartime New Orleans, before and after Federal occupation.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Maryland, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1911, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:narrative

The Journal of Julia LeGrand

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1912, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Journal of Sarah G. Follansbee

Tags: au:female, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1965, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern, su:northern perspective, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:diary

The Last Confederate Christmas

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Lauderdale Springs MS, loc:Mississippi, pd:1884, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

The Last Days of the War in North Carolina: An Address Delivered Feb. 23, 1885, At the Third Annual Reunion of the Association of the Maryland Line, at the Academy of Music, Baltimore

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:North Carolina, pd:1885, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

The Last Ninety Days of the War in North Carolina

“Preface: "was originally published in the New York Watchman."

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1866, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:narrative

The Last Year of the War in North Carolina, Including Plymouth, Fort Fisher and Bentonsville. An Address Before the Association Army of Northern Virginia, Delivered in the Hall of the House of Delegates, Richmond, Va., October 28, 1887

“A brief recollection of eastern North Carolina.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1888, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory, ts:narrative

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