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

A Midnight Raid and a Leap in the Dark

Tags: au:female, era:1863, loc:Harper Ferry WV, loc:Shenandoah Valley, loc:Virginia, loc:West Virginia, su:civilian, su:female experience, ts:memory

A Virginia Girl in the Civil War, 1861-1865: Being a Record of the Actual Experiences of the Wife of a Confederate Officer

“1861-1865. The reminiscences of a young woman, unidentified, ‘in her own words.’ A Virginia girl and the ‘Romance of War’ - Harold Straubig’s Civil War eyewitness.”

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Norfolk VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

An Ohio Doctor Views Campaigning on the White River, 1864

Tags: 120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Red River Campaign, loc:Libreville Ar, milt:120th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, pd:1973, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:union, ts:memory

A Book of Memories, 1842-1920

“CSA and Alabama material.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Alabama, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:military, su:religion, su:southern, su:travel, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

A Gentleman of the South: A Memory of the Black Belt From the Manuscript Memoirs of the Late Colonel Stanton Elmore

Tags: he:Battle of Bull Run, he:Battle of Gettysburg, loc:Alabama, loc:black belt, loc:Egypt, loc:London, pd:1903, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, ts:memory

A Private Chapter of the War.

“A gripping account of Bailey's adventures behind Confederate lines in Georgia in 1864.”

Tags: era:1860s, era:1880, milt:6th infantry connecticut volunteers army of the potomac, su:army of the potomac, su:northern perspective, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory, ts:narrative

A March Past: Reminiscences of Elizabeth Randolph Preston Allen

"References to Stonewall Jackson and other Civil War materials."

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:southern, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

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

Boyhood Days in Alabama

“1861-1865. Wilcox County, Alabama. A lad, only seven years old in 1861, recalls the realities of the war.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Camden Al, loc:Canton Bend Al, loc:Wilcox County Al, pd:1923, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bread Upon the Waters

“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Berryville VA, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1931, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

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