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

Forty years at El Paso, 1858-1898.

“A Unionist recalls Civil War El Paso. 2nd edition.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:El Paso Tx, loc:Texas, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:memory

Fifty Years on the Road the Autobiography of a Traveling Salesman

“Interesting chapters on "On the road during Civil War," "In War-tom Missouri," "Road incidents in the South and West."

Tags: era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Missouri, pd:1911, su:economics, su:travel, su:war experience

From a New England Woman's Diary in Dixie in 1865

"May-July 1865. Privately printed. Author's diary describing her teaching experiences on Edisto Island, near Charleston, SC."

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1906, su:African American, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:memory

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Corinth, loc:Alabama, su:daily life, su:economics, su:female experience, su:local history, su:medical, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Grandfather's tales of North Carolina history.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:North Carolina, su:confederate, su:local history, su:southern, ts:narrative

History of Banking in South Carolina from 1712 to 1900

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:South Carolina, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:economics, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:narrative

Recollections Grave and Gay

“Burton Harrison was private secretary to Jeff Davis. This work describes social life in CSA, especially in Richmond; also includes opinions on Confederate leaders.”