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

Secession, Coercion, and Civil War: The Story of 1861

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A Picture of the Desolated States: And the Work of Restoration. 1865-1868.

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The South: A Tour of its Battlefields and Ruined Cities, a journey through the desolated states, and talks with the people: being a description of the present state of the country -- its agriculture -- railroads -- business and finances

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The Cotton Letters

“June 7, 1860-September 7, 1862. Powder Springs, Georgia, and Virginia. Correspondence of a Georgia family as the war began.”

The Capture of Lexington

“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”

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WITH SHERMAN THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS: LETTERS OF A FEDERAL SOLDIER. Part II

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WITH SHERMAN THROUGH GEORGIA AND THE CAROLINAS: LETTERS OF A FEDERAL SOLDIER. Part I

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Reminiscences & sketches of Confederate Times

“This brief work concentrates on wartime Charleston.”

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Bloody Franklin

“November 30-December 1, 1864. Franklin, Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers some sidelights of civilians affected by the battle in Middle Tennessee.”

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From Gloom to Glory

“Late 1864. Middle Tennessee. A former Confederate chaplain offers a story about the joys of going from “rags and tatters” as Confederate paper is exchanged for “a 20-gold piece.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Nashville, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

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