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

Our Faithful Slaves of Old

"1861-1865. General. Memories of loyal slaves during the war."

Tags: au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Fort Pickens, milt:thirty-seventh Mississippi regiment, pd:1901, su:enslaved, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

Six Months in the Federal States

“Edward Dicey was an English author and journalist, on his trip to America he was the special correspondent of MACMILLAN'S MAGAZINE and the SPECTATOR. Portions of his American account appeared in the pages of these periodicals before being…

Tags: au:english, au:male, era:1860s, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, su:enslaved, su:observer, su:political, su:slavery, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

Caddo Fencibles

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Louisiana, loc:Shreveport LA, milt:16th Louisiana Volunteers, milt:Caddo Fencibles, milt:Companyc 16th Louisiana Volunteers, pd:1901, su:confederate, su:military, su:Reconstruction, su:warfront, ts:memory

Memoirs of Dr. Winthrop Hartly Hopson

“Experiences of Campbellite minister in Missouri. Incarcerated as Southern sympathizer during the war, then served under John Morgan as a chaplain.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1887, su:confederate, su:medical, su:military, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:seccession, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Reminiscences of the Confederacy, J.U. Payne, of New Orleans, LA -- His Devotion to, and Sacrifices for the Cause

“Sketchy recollections of a business associate and acquaintance of Davis.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc: Pass Christian MS, loc:Louisiana, loc:Mississippi, loc:New Orleans LA, loc:Rosehart Plantation MS, pd:1907, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:economics, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:memory

Reminiscences of C. C. Cox

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Texas, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:economics, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:Reconstruction, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:war experience, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

Beginning and Ending. Reminiscences of the First and Last days of the War. Interesting Personal Observations. The Thrilling and Exciting Times Immediately Preceding the War-First Battle of Manassas

“1861-1865. Recollections of the first months and last weeks of the war in Virginia.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, milt:19th Virginia Regiment, pd:1895, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:warfront, ts:memory

Vicksburg in 1862

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Vicksburg, he:Siege of Vicksburg, loc:Mississippi, loc:Vicksburg MS, pd:1884, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory

Jeff. Davis House. Reminiscences Connected with its Ante-Bellum History-The Brockenbroughs, Morsons, Seddons, and Crenshaws, etc

Tags: au:female, au:southern, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1891, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:slaveholding, su:war experience, ts:memory

Southland Stories

“Background of war stories.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:piedmont region VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:military, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slavery, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

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