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

My Confederate Girlhood: The Memoirs of Kate Virginia Cox Logan

“Recalled her war years at Clover Hill, plantation source of coal for Richmond.”

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My Day: Reminiscences of a Long Life

“This is the reminiscence of a chatty, cultural, and proud Virginia lady, wife of a key political leader. She viewed the wartime scene with a sad reserve and looked back with fondness on antebellum tranquility. Includes material from REMINISCENCES OF…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1905, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, ts:memory

My Diary in America in the Midst of War

Tags: au:english, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1865, su:English, su:foreign, su:homefront, su:military, su:observer, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

My Diary North and South

“William Howard Russell in March 1861 arrived in the United States as a special correspondent for the London Times. Landing in New York, he entered the South in April and traveled by train to the Alabama River and then to Mobile, Pensacola, and Fort…

Tags: au:Irish, au:male, era:Civil War, pd:1863, su:foreign, su:homefront, su:Ireland, su:Irish, su:military, su:observer, su:political, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:memory

My Experience During the War Between the States

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My First Impressions of the War

“1861-1865. Hernando, Mississippi; and Montgomery Alabama. A proud lady recalls the war— especially the first months - in her home area and in Montgomery.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:narrative