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

Autobiography of "the Countryman," 1866

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:Putnam County GA, pd:1943, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:autobiography

Autobiography of an Octogenarian

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Virginia, milt:18th Regiment Virginia Infantry CSA, pd:1907, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:autobiography

Autobiography of Arab.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Colimbia SC, loc:South Carolina, milt:2nd South Carolina Cavalry, milt:Beaufort District Troop, milt:Jeb Stuart's Staff, pd:1901, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Balloon Used for Scout Duty

“Spring 1862. Near Richmond. Pioneer use of a hot air balloon.”

Tags: loc:Virginia, pd:1914, su:ballooning, su:camp life, su:war experience, su:warfront

Banishment from Missouri in 1864

“Late 1864-1865. Missouri. A lady sadly recalls Union decisions to oust Confederate supports.”

Tags: au:female, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:General Order No. 11, loc:Missouri, pd:1918, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Beginning and Ending. Reminiscences of the First and Last days of the War. Interesting Personal Observations. The Thrilling and Exciting Times Immediately Preceding the War-First Battle of Manassas

“1861-1865. Recollections of the first months and last weeks of the war in Virginia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, milt:19th Virginia Regiment, pd:1895, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:memory

Beleaguered Charleston: Letters from the City, 1860-1864, Part 2

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Blackade of Charlestown, he:Siege of Charlestown, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1960, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Beleaguered Charleston: Letters from the City, 1860-1864, Part 3

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:Blackade of Charlestown, he:Siege of Charlestown, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1960, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Bloody Franklin

“November 30-December 1, 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers some sidelights of civilians affected by the battle in Middle Tennessee.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Franklin, loc:Franklin TN, loc:Tennessee, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Brigadier Surgeon John W. Trader's Recollections of the Civil War in Missouri

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, pd:1951, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

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