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

Selections From the Autobiography of Governor T.T. Crittenden

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Lafayette County MO, loc:Lexington MO, loc:Missouri, loc:St Louis MO, pd:1931, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:homefront, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:autobiography

Thomas R.R. Cobb: Extracts from Letters to his Wife, February 3, 1861-December 10, 1862

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“February 3, 1861 - December 10, 1862. Montgomery, Alabama, and Richmond and Virginia battle frontier. Extracts, from letters to his wife, by key Georgia moderate secessionist, describe events in Confederate congress and then from Virginia…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1900, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

Two little Confederates

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

A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1904, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Bethany: A Story of the Old South

“A tale of War Between the States.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1905, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:political, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Elisha Baxter's Autobiography

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Batesville Ar, milt:Arkansas Mounted Infantry, pd:1955, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:seccession, su:southern, su:union, su:unionist, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:correspondence

The Spirit of the Women of the South

“1863. Milledgeville, Georgia. Joyful times with beautiful young women-according to a Confederate veteran.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Georgia, loc:Jones County Ga, pd:1926, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, ts:memory

My Beloved South

A Georgia Woman's Civil War Diary: The Journal of Minerva Leah Rowles McClatchey, 1864-1865

“January 1864-September 1865. When Sherman's troops entered Georgia, Mr. McClatchey left the family farm near Marietta, GA. Mrs. McClatchey, however, chose to stay and face the invaders. She observed the plight of refugees returning to their…

Tags: era:1864, era:1865, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Georgia, su:agriculture, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:seccession, ts:diary

When Sherman Marched Through Georgia

“Fall of 1864. Cassville, Georgia. A young woman’s recollections of the awesome Yankee assault.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Cass County Ga, loc:Cassville Ga, loc:Georgia, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

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