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

ANTE-BELLUM AND WAR MEMORIES OF MRS. TELFAIR HODGSON

“Wartime memories from a plantation near Savannah.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Chatham County GA, loc:Colerain Plantation, loc:Georgia, loc:Tweedside Plantation, pd:1943, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

As I Saw It

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Mexico MO, loc:Missouri, loc:St. Louis MO, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Auguste Laugel Visits the Army of the Potomac

“January 1865. Northern Virginia. This curious French visitor describes the effect of the war in Virginia, a black military unit, and the camps. He noted the variety of social classes and the lack of deference to rank among the officers, in the…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Richmond VA, milt:Army of the Potomac, pd:1961, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, ts:memory

Autobiography of Arab.

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Charleston SC, loc:Colimbia SC, loc:South Carolina, milt:2nd South Carolina Cavalry, milt:Beaufort District Troop, milt:Jeb Stuart's Staff, pd:1901, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, 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

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

Beginning and Ending. Reminiscences of the First and Last days of the War. Interesting Personal Observations. The Thrilling and Exciting Times Immediately Preceding the War-First Battle of Manassas

“1861-1865. Recollections of the first months and last weeks of the war in Virginia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, milt:19th Virginia Regiment, pd:1895, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:memory

Belles, Beaux and Brains of the 60's,

“A splendid reminiscence of Confederate personalities, rich and poor, male and female, famous and obscure--but difficult to read completely; filled with details of CSA social life.”

Tags: era:1860s, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1907, su:civilian, su:observer, su:southern, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative