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

From Paraclifta to Marks' Mill: The Civil War Correspondence of Lieutenant Robert C. Gilliam

Tags: au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Red River Campaign, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Missouri River, loc:Marks' Mill AR, pd:1958, su:civilian, su:economics, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slavery, ts:correspondence

From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865

"May-July 1865. Privately printed. Author's diary describing her teaching experiences on Edisto Island, near Charleston, SC."

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1906, su:African American, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:memory

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Corinth, loc:Alabama, su:daily life, su:economics, su:female experience, su:local history, su:medical, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

How to Escape the Yankees: Major Scott's Letter to His Wife at Tallahassee, March 1864

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Natural Bridge Battlefield, loc:Florida, loc:Leon County Fl, loc:Tallahassee FL, milt:2nd Florida Cavalry, pd:1971, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

He Taught Near Eudora, Arkansas, in the Early Sixties

“Secondary article about Milan W. Seri, a young teacher from Wisconsin, who came to Arkansas in 1860, includes long portions of Seri's journal.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1860, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Eudora Ar, loc:Missouri, loc:St. Louis MO, pd:1959, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:narrative

Recollections Grave and Gay

“Burton Harrison was private secretary to Jeff Davis. This work describes social life in CSA, especially in Richmond; also includes opinions on Confederate leaders.”