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

A Union Band Director Views Camp Rolla, 1861

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Rolla MO, milt:13th Illinois Infantry, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Yankee Soldier Looks at the Negro

A Patriotic Confederate Woman's War Diary, 1862-1863

“1862-1863. From Perote, Alabama, Mrs. Crossley wrote on such topics as her slaves, conscription, and sewing for Confederate soldiers.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Perote AL, pd:1958, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

A Nice Pair of Moccasins

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Birmingham TN, loc:Florence TN, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1884, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Report on Civil War America: Sir James Fergusson's Five-Week Visit

“September 17-October 23, 1861. Letter. Conservative member of the British Parliament. Traveled in both the North and South and visited the major personalities of the war. This letter to Lord Palmerston revealed that Fergusson favored the South and…

Tags: au:english, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:England, pd:1966, su:foreign, su:observer, su:political, su:seccession, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory