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

The Wartime Experiences of Margaret McCalla: Confederate Refugee from East Tennessee

“1861-1864. Letters. Relates her departure from east Tennessee for Chester District, SC, only one day before the Union troops arrived. McCalla describes her efforts to care for her children (one son died, and another was born) and to raise crops on…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Morristown Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1965, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:unionist, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

The Civil War Letters of Robert Tarleton

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Fort Morgan AL, pd:1970, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:political, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Devotion of Southern Women to the Confederacy

“1861-1865. North and South Carolina. A confederate veteran offers praise to the “noble, patriots, and loyal women” of the south and describes some of the work.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, pd:1927, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Sherman's Trail Through South Carolina

“May 1865. South Carolina. The trail of destruction across South Carolina described by an ex-Confederate soldier, immediately after the end of combat.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Sherman's March to the Sea, loc:South Carolina, loc:Winnsboro SC, pd:1927, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory