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

An Account of the Organization and Operations of the Post Office Department of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1865

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1902, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:political, su:war experience, ts:narrative

An Account of the Sufferings of Friends of North Carolina Yearly Meeting, in Support of Their Testimony Against War, From 1861 to 1865.

“1861-1865. A sad summary of the sufferings by these quiet people.”

Tags: au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, pd:1868, su:abolitionist, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

An Adventurous Trip

“1863? Memphis, Tennessee. A young woman’s trip to the river city with a friend.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tallahatchie County MS, loc:Tennessee, pd:1909, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:occupation, su:southern, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

An Arkansas Lady in the Civil War: Reminiscences of Susan Fletcher

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Little Rock AR, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

An Incident

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Marion Al, pd:1885, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:medical, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

An Incident of War Times

“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, pd:1893, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

And a Little Child Shall Lead Them

“1863. Near Chattanooga, Tennessee. A Union veteran tells a poignant tale about a ‘little child toddling toward our lines’ and both armies forgetting the battle for a moment.”

Tags: era:1860s, milt:1st Wisconsin Heavy Artillery, su:battlefield, su:Child Experience, su:northern perspective, su:war experience, ts:memory

Annals of Augusta County, Virginia, from 1726 to 1871

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Augusta County VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1902, su:homefront, su:local history, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

ANTE-BELLUM AND WAR MEMORIES OF MRS. TELFAIR HODGSON

“Wartime memories from a plantation near Savannah.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Chatham County GA, loc:Colerain Plantation, loc:Georgia, loc:Tweedside Plantation, pd:1943, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

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