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

Escape of Breckinridge and Benjamin

“April-May 1865. Richmond To Charleston. A friend of John C. Breckinridge summarizes an 1874 conversation about the secret trips out of the defeated South by two key Confederates.”

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Evacuation of Richmond

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Excerpts from the Wartime Correspondence of Augustine T. Smythe

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Experience in Richmond Hospitals

“Spring 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A former soldier recalls the realities of hospital days.”

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Extracts from the Diary of Edmund Ruffin

“February 13, 1861-December 13, 1864. Virginia. Selected items reflect the strong opinions of the fierce Virginia fire-eater as he observed significant events in the war.”

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