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

The Women of the Debatable Land

“Author was a member of Black Horse Cavalry, CSA in Fauquier County, VA. Relates his war experiences.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Virginia, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Charleston SC, loc:South Carolina, pd:1912, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:local history, su:occupation, su:plantation, su:slaveholding, su:southern, ts:memory

“Social life, plantation, New Orleans during War.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Tennessee, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:political, su:religion, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

“1861-1865. Mechanicsville, Virginia. A wartime youngster describes the toilsome years on the eastern edge of Richmond.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1862, era:Civil War, he:Seven Days Battle, loc:Hanover County VA, loc:Mechanicsville Va, loc:Virginia, pd:1912, su:battlefield, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:homefront, su:southern, su:warfront, ts:memory

“1861-1865. Richmond. Virginia Lite in the Confederate capital in the memory of a young woman.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1912, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:daily life, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, ts:memory

“1861. Lexington, Missouri. An eyewitness account of the action at a key Missouri River town early in the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Lexington, loc:Lexington MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1912, su:battlefield, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:warfront

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Louisiana, loc:New Orleans LA, pd:1912, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:diary

“Yankee teacher in the South.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Sea Islands SC, loc:South Carolina, loc:St. Helena Island Sc, pd:1912, su:daily life, su:education, su:female experience, su:Freedmen, su:homefront, su:slavery, su:southern, ts:memory

“1864. Missouri. A Missouri Confederate recalls her daring and trying experiences to serve the CSA.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc: Kansas City MO, loc:Liberty Landing MO, loc:Missouri, pd:1912, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory