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

Bread Upon the Waters

“1863 or 1864. “Valley of Virginia.” Description of wartime meal at the home of paroled Confederate officer for Union invaders.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Berryville VA, loc:Clarke County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1931, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

BURNING OF COLUMBIA

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:Columbia GA, pd:1924, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence, ts:memory

Children of Honor: Letters of Winston and Octavia Stephens, 1861-1862

Chronicles of Chicora Wood

“About one-third of this memoir by a member of a truly respected South Carolina family describes her difficulties and hardships during the war years.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Georgetown County Ga, loc:Georgia, pd:1922, su:childhood, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Civil War Days in Hunstville

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Huntsville AL, pd:1947, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Civil War Days in Huntsville

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Huntsville AL, pd:1947, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

Civil War Experiences of Sarah J. Yeater, Written in 1909 and 1910 for my Three
Granddaughters, Frances, and Christine Yeater and Jeanette Brookmeyer

“Southern sympathies forced to flee south in Arkansas and Texas.”

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Missouri, loc:Osage Academy MO, loc:Osceola MO, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:slavery, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:autobiography, ts:memory

CIVIL WAR LETTERS

Tags: au:confederate, au:female, au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Crittenden County Ky, loc:Kentucky, pd:1974, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Civil War Memoirs of Mrs. Adeline Deadrick

“1861-March 17, 1869. Eastern Tennessee. In recollections written in 1890 and 1898," Facts Transpiring Within My Own Knowledge During the War in 1863-1864," on outspoken woman describes the many stresses and strains of the war in Appalachian area of…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Chattanooga TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1948, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Confederate Hospitals at Petersburg, Va

“1862-1865. Petersburg, Virginia. A woman describes the tireless work by many individuals to help the Confederate wounded.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Petersburg VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1921, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

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