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

Diplomatic History of the Southern Confederacy

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, pd:1922, su:confederate, su:political, su:travel, su:union, ts:narrative

Memoirs of James Madison Hudson

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Arkansas, pd:1960, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:Reconstruction, su:war experience, ts:memory

Alabama Secedes From the Union

“November 1860-January 1861. Montgomery. Alabama. A judge reviews the election events in 1860 and the secession debates in Alabama.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, pd:1931, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, ts:narrative

Survivor of President Davis's Escort

“April - May 1865. Greensboro, North Carolina to Georgia. The final fight of the confederate President and key associates described by a surviving member of the escorting troops.”

Tags: era:Civil War, loc:Clarksville Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1926, su:travel, su:war experience

The Alabama-Kearsarge Fight

Tags: au:male, era:1864, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Cherbourg, he:Battle off Cherbourg, loc:Alabama-Kearsarge, loc:Cherbourg France, pd:1894, su:battlefield, su:confederate, su:military, su:observer, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Thrilling Experiences Near Memphis

“Spring, 1862. Near Memphis, Tennessee. A lady recalls her experiences as the Union troops arrived in the area of her country home east of Memphis.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Memphis TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1896, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Reminiscence of Christmas of 1861

“December 25, 1861. Northern Virginia. The first Yuletide day of the war at Stuart's Cavern.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:First Battle of Bull Run, loc: ‎Fairfax County‎ VA, loc:Virginia, milt:1st Virginia Cavalry, pd:1883, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:war experience, ts:memory

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 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

The Freedmen at Port Royal

Tags: era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Port Royal SC, loc:Sea Islands SC, loc:South Carolina, su:education, su:enslaved, su:Freedmen, su:slavery, ts:narrative

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