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

The Rebel Letter

“April 23, 1861. Prairie Farm, Tennessee. Volunteer state pride and Southern loyalty expressed in a young woman’s letter.”

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Two little Confederates

“Based on boyhood experiences of Page and his brother Roswell.”

Thomas Nelson Page: A Memoir of a Virginia Gentleman

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The White Castle of Louisiana

“Before, during, and after War, on a Louisiana plantation.”

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Then and Now: Reminiscences and Historical Romance, 1856-1865

“This is a chronicle of the author's experiences, primarily in North Carolina and primarily in the last half of the 19th century, life in Piedmont, etc., with chapters on the Civil War, slavery, evolution, courtship, etc. It includes intimate, fresh…

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