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

Woman's Service in War

“Summer of 1862. Richmond, Virginia. The wife of a key Virginia political leader describes the vital work of women in Richmond during the anguishing weeks of Union assault from the east.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, pd:1918, su:female experience, su:medical, su:southern, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:memory

Witness for the Prosecution: The Civil War Letter of Lieutenant George Taylor

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Fayetteville Ar, milt:17th Arkansas Infantry, pd:1989, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:narrative

With the Blockade Runners

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Cape Fear River NC, loc:Charleston SC, loc:North Carolina, loc:South Carolina, milt:Vigilant Rifles, pd:1925, su:blockade, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:economics, su:military, su:warfront, ts:narrative

Wilson's Raid and Other Recital

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861, to December 4, 1864, Part 3

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 2

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

William S. Stewart Letters, January 13, 1861 to December 4, 1864, Part 1

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Corinth, he:Battle of Iuka, he:Camp Jackson Affair, he:Island #10 Campaign, loc:Mississippi, loc:Missouri, pd:1966, su:battlefield, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

What I Saw at Wilson's Creek

“June-August 1861. Southwest Missouri. A resident of Lincoln County, Missouri summarizes the events relating to the important battle in southwest Missouri.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Wilson's Creek, loc:Missouri, loc:Springfield MO, pd:1913, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront, ts:memory