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

Unpublished Chapters of History. Last Days of the Confederate Government. From Papers Left by Stephen R. Mallory, Secretary of the Navy in the Confederate Cabinet

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Fort Lafayette NY, loc:New York, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1900, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:war experience, ts:memory

Papers of Willie Person Mangum

“Whig senator.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, loc:North Carolina, loc:Washington D.C., pd:1950, su:political, ts:correspondence, ts:memory, ts:offical documents

A Visit to South Carolina in 1860

“April 1860. South Carolina. This observer recalled the key personalities and places in Charleston and Columbia in the year before the war began.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, loc:South Carolina, pd:1884, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:travel, ts:memory

Memories of a Hospital Matron, Part 1

“1861-1865. Richmond, Virginia. These recollections by a member of a proud Virginia family concentrate on her experiences as a volunteer in Richmond and travels elsewhere to gather support for the war effort.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax County Va, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:southern, su:spy, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Memories of a Hospital Matron, Part 2

“1861-1865. Richmond, Virginia. These recollections by a member of a proud Virginia family concentrate on her experiences as a volunteer in Richmond and travels elsewhere to gather support for the war effort.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, era:Civil War, loc:Fairfax County Va, pd:1902, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:medical, su:southern, su:spy, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Random Recollections of an Octogenarian

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Abbeville SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1923, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

The Battle of Lexington as Seen by a Woman

“Author gave an original painting, made at the time of the battle, to Missouri Historical Society.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, loc:Lexington MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1912, su:battlefield, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Boyhood Impressions of the Lexington Missouri, Area, 1858-1863

“Born in 1845, this young observer moved to Lafayette County from Virginia in 1858 and recalled life in west-central Missouri until his family moved to Illinois in 1863.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, loc:Lafayette County MO, loc:Lexington MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1957, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:memory