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

Letters of Rev. W.H. Mitchell, January 1861

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Letters from a Southern Opponent of Sectionalism, September, 1860, to June, 1861

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Laurence M. Keitt's Letters from the Provisional Congress of the Confederacy, 1861

“February 13 - August 20, 1861. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond, Virginia. A young "Calhoonist" describes the creation of the CSA Congress.”

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James M. Torbert's Journal for 1857-1874

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How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner

“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”

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Governor John Gill Shorter Executive Papers

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Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

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