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

Woman's Wit Versus Federal Vigilance

“July 1864. McMinn County, Tennessee. A lady’s diary from the time reflects the carefully planned and implemented work of a “feminine quartet” to evade and out-wit Federal occupation officers.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Calhoun Tn, loc:McMinn County Tn, loc:Tennessee, pd:1908, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:non-slaveholding white, su:southern, ts:diary, ts:memory

William Parker Cutler's Congressional Diary Of 1862-63

WILLIAM PARKER CUTLER'S CONGRESSIONAL DIARY OF 1862-63 Allan G. Bogue William Parker Cutler's career in the first United States Congress of the Civil War appears at first glance to have been less than noteworthy. Elected as a Republican to the House…

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Ohio, loc:Washington D.C., pd:1987, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:political, su:union, su:war experience, ts:diary

When the States Seceded; From the Diary of Mrs. Eugene McLean

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Washington D.C., pd:1914, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

War-Time Journal of a 'Little Rebell'

“September 26, 1862-May 2, 1865. Near Courtland, Alabama. Excerpts from the diary of a young lady who began her writing on a plantation at age fourteen.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Alabama, loc:Courtland Al, loc:Rocky Hill Al, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:war experience, ts:diary