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

Letters from the Battle of Lexington: 1861

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“In semi-fictional form, personal account of the hectic days of secession and war in northern Arkansas and Southern Missouri by a pro-Union author.”

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“Southern sympathizers, murder by Union troops.”

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“Bushwhackers, the war in Missouri and Kansas.”

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“1862- 1865. Western Missouri. A number of communications describe events in the area devastated by raiders supporting both sections in the war.”

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“1863. Missouri. The effects of the daring raid by CSA General Jo Shelby into Missouri described by an eyewitness.”

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