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

Unionists in Rockbridge County: The Correspondence of James Dorman Davidson concerning the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1860, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Lexington VA, loc:Rockbridge County VA, loc:Shenandoah Valley, loc:Virginia, pd:1965, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:seccession, su:union, ts:correspondence

TWO TIMROD LETTERS

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:postwar, loc:Columbus NC, loc:North Carolina, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:economics, su:occupation, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Two little Confederates

“Based on boyhood experiences of Page and his brother Roswell.”

"A sequel to THE IRON FURNACE, narrating the experiences of a Union Presbyterian clergyman in northeast Mississippi during the secession period useful as an account of the intense feelings of the time; includes much information about the condition of…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tupelo ms, pd:1888, su:confederate, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, su:southern, su:union, ts:narrative

Trip to Richmond in 1863

“1863. East Tennessee to Richmond. The wife of Confederate officer imprisoned in the North describes her trip to the Confederate capital and her meeting with Jefferson Davis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Greensville Tn, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Tennessee, loc:Virginia, pd:1908, su:child girl, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Trinity College in War Times

“December 1862. Nashville to Richmond. A contemporary letter describes a railroad trip from Tennessee to Virginia.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Randolph County NC, pd:1893, su:civilian, su:education, su:homefront, su:religion, su:southern, ts:memory

Thrilling Experiences Near Memphis

“Spring, 1862. Near Memphis, Tennessee. A lady recalls her experiences as the Union troops arrived in the area of her country home east of Memphis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1896, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

Three Hundred Miles in a Wagon

“Summer of 1865. Central Alabama to Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate refugee from the Union occupation carefully remembers her long wagon trip back home a few weeks after the end of the war.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Tennessee, pd:1908, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory