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

How I took a Letter on a Yankee General

“No Date. Maryland to “Western Virginia.” A schoolgirl’s teasing of an “enemy” officer.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Harrisburg Pa, loc:Pennsylvania, pd:1920, su:child girl, su:military, su:southern, su:union, ts:memory

History of Banking in South Carolina from 1712 to 1900

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:South Carolina, pd:1903, su:civilian, su:economics, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:narrative

How a Woman Helped to Save Richmond

“March 1884. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of the Confederate secretary of War helps to thwart Ulric Dahlgren’s raid on the CSA capital.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, su:confederate, su:female experience, su:military, su:political, su:southern, ts:narrative

How Captain Bryan Earned a Good Dinner

“Unknown time or place. A steamboat captain’s efforts to capture wild cattle.”

Tags: era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, pd:1893, su:camp life, ts:article

Heroic Deeds of Heroic Men

"A summary of events during the Civil War, at Pensacola, Apalachicola Bay, Santa Rosa Island, and Olustee, FL.."

Tags: era:1861, era:1863, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:eastern shore va, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, loc:Pensacola FL, loc:St. Augustine FL, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Henry M. Stanley in Arkansas and the Dixie Grays

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Shiloh, loc:Corinth MS, loc:Mississippi, loc:Tennessee, milt:6th Arkansas Regiment of Volunteers CSA, pd:1942, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:prison, su:warfront, ts:memory

Grandfather's tales of North Carolina history.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:North Carolina, su:confederate, su:local history, su:southern, ts:narrative

Gleanings from Southland: Sketches of Life and Manners of the People of the South Before, During, and After the War of Secession, with Extracts from the Author's Journal and Epitome of the New South.

“Only edition. Cumming is best known for her JOURNAL OF HOSPITAL LIFE IN THE CONFEDERATE ARMY OF TENNESSEE (1866), valuable and informative work on her nursing duties during the latter part of the Civil War. Written nearly 30 years later, GLEANINGS…

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, he:Battle of Corinth, loc:Alabama, su:daily life, su:economics, su:female experience, su:local history, su:medical, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

Going Home From the Army

“April-May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Benton County, Arkansas. An Arkansas paroled soldier recalls the many intricacies of his journey home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Arkansas, loc:Benton County Ak, loc:Chattanooga County GA, loc:Georgia, loc:Washington GA, pd:1930, su:confederate, su:military, su:travel, su:war experience, ts:memory

Governor Milton and His Family. A Contemporary Picture of Life in Florida during the War

“An extract from her "Life in the South, etc."

Tags: au:english, au:female, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Tallahassee FL, pd:1909, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:observer, su:travel, ts:memory, ts:narrative

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