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

Some Reactions of Union Soldiers Stationed in the South during the Civil War

Tags: au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Brazos Santiago TX, loc:Fayetteville Ar, loc:Minneapolis MN, loc:Minnesota, loc:Texas, pd:1951, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:political, su:union, su:war experience

Some Recollections of George Caleb Bingham

“1861-1865. Missouri. General memories of the great Missouri artist, including his wartime activities.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Columbia MO, loc:Kansas City MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1926, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:homefront, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

Some Reminiscences

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Beechwood Tn, loc:Huntsville AL, loc:Tennessee, pd:1889, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

Some Reminiscences of the Second of April 1865

“April 2, 1865. Richmond, Virginia. Recollections of Richmond on the day when CSA leaders decided to leave the city.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

SOME TENNESSEE LETTERS, 1849 to 1864

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Blountville Tn, loc:Greenville Tn, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1945, su:Andrew Johnson, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:correspondence

Some War Scenes Revisited

“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, pd:1878, su:African American, su:Battle of Richmond, su:battlefield, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

South after Gettysburg: Letters of Cornelia Hancock from the Army of the Potomac, 1863-1865

“Cornelia Hancock served in the Federal hospitals, and her book is largely concerned with details of hospital life. She makes very few comments on the country or the people of the Confederacy. She was certain that Virginia could not compare with her…

South Carolina Women in the Confederacy

“A jumble of first-hand accounts of life in South Carolina as seen by female eyes—but highly useful in recording the home front—includes contemporary letters, reminiscences, diaries, etc., from the entire state.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:South Carolina, pd:1903, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront