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

The Hidden Way to Dixie

"1863. Washington, D.C. to Richmond, Virginia. A New York businessman’s account of his trip to CSA."

Tags: au:male, era:1860s, era:Civil War, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:travel, su:union, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Six Months in the Federal States

“Edward Dicey was an English author and journalist, on his trip to America he was the special correspondent of MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE and the SPECTATOR. Portions of his American account appeared in the pages of these periodicals before being…

Tags: au:english, au:male, era:1860s, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, su:enslaved, su:observer, su:political, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Our Faithful Slaves of Old

"1861-1865. General. Memories of loyal slaves during the war."

Tags: au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Fort Pickens, milt:thirty-seventh Mississippi regiment, pd:1901, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

Richmond During the War: Four Years of Personal Observation

“First published in 1866, this book gives a perceptive account of life in Richmond during the war. Written in the third person, this work is more a social history of Richmond than an autobiography. Like Mrs. Chesnutt’s diary, this source has clear…

Tags: era:1860s, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Bull Run, he:emancipation proclamation, he:lincoln assassination, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Virginia, su:seccession