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

Autobiography of Asa Biggs: Including a Journal of a Trip from North Carolina to New York in 1832

“Description of North Carolina events at secession time.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1915, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

The Destruction of Columbia, South Carolina

“A German's account of the destruction of the South Carolina capitol.”

Tags: au:foreign, au:German, au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Columbia, loc:South Carolina, su:confederate, su:foreign, su:German, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Augusta J. Evans on Secession in Letters

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1981, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, su:female experience, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

War and Reconstruction times in Texas: 1861-1865

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Texas, pd:1914, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:narrative

The United States During the War

Tags: au:foreign, au:male, au:spanish, era:Civil War, pd:1866, su:foreign, su:political, su:spain, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Excerpts from the Wartime Correspondence of Augustine T. Smythe

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, milt:25th South Carolina Volunteer Infantry, milt:5th South Carolina Cavalry of Logan's Brigade, milt:South Carolina College Cadets, pd:1961, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Reminiscences of Public Men, by ex-Gov. B. F. Perry.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, pd:1883, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:southern, ts:biography

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

Beersheba Springs (Tenn) in War Times

“1861-1865. Beersheba Springs, Tennessee. Recollections of the war’s impact on a beautiful mountain retreat.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Beersheba Springs Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1901, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Captain Ridley’s Journal, Part 8

"April 17-June 12, 1865. Central North Carolina, northern South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee. A remarkable clear description of a defeated Confederate soldier’s difficult trek home to Tennessee, from the surrender of his unit in North Carolina."

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Greensboro NC, loc:North Carolina, milt:Army of Tennessee, pd:1895, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:diary

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