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

Autobiography and Sketches of my Travels by Sea and Land

“The author was a seaman and had a varied career spending much time on the coast of Texas. He served with the 12th Regiment Rhode Island Volunteers during the Civil War and the hardships he encountered are described in a no-nonsense way. In later…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:military, su:political, su:travel, ts:autobiography

Boyhood and Other Days in Georgia

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Georgia, loc:Meriwether County GA, pd:1917, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:religion, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

The Old Virginia Gentleman and Other Sketches: Thomas Nelson, 1853-1922

Tags: era:antebellum, era:postwar, loc:Virginia, pd:1911, su:plantation

History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians

“The author lived among these tribes from 1820 until 1890.”

Tags: au:male, era:1800s, era:antebellum, era:postwar, pd:1899, su:daily life, su:Native American, su:religion, su:southern, ts:narrative

The Adventures of Two Alabama Boys

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Alabama, loc:California, su:economics, su:family narrative, su:military, su:slavery, su:southern, su:travel, ts:correspondence, ts:narrative

Seven Decades of the Union: the Humanities and Materialism

“1861-January 18, 1862. Virginia. The last two chapters of this proud Virginian's reminiscences describe his state's role in the creation of the CSA.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, pd:1872, su:economics, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:political, ts:narrative