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

A Connecticut Yankee after Olustee

Tags: au:northern, era:1864, loc:connecticut, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:northern perspective, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Connecticut Yankee Fights at Olustee: Letters from the Front

Tags: he:Olustee, loc:Florida, milt:7th connecticut volunteers, su:camp life, su:religion, su:union, su:war experience, su:warfront, ts:correspondence

A Flordia Story of War Times

“1861-1864. Jacksonville, Florida, and South Georgia. A lady describes the coming of the war to north Florida and her family’s efforts to escape to South Georgia.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1860s, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, pd:1893, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:military, su:political, su:seccession, su:southern, su:travel, ts:memory

A Letter from Occupied Tallahassee

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:The Battle of Natural Bridge, loc:Florida, loc:Tallahassee FL, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Monthly Concert at Tampa Bay

“A missionary describes her visit to a one-room church; hymns were sung, and church officials tried to secure contributions for the donation box.”

Tags: au:female, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Hillsborough County FL, loc:Tampa Bay FL, pd:1862, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:northern perspective, su:religion, su:war experience, ts:memory

A War Correspondent's View of St. Augustine and Fernandina: 1863

Tags: au:male, au:northern, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Fernandina Fl, loc:Florida, loc:St. Augustine FL, pd:1962, su:civilian, su:northern perspective, su:observer, su:occupation, ts:correspondence

Account of the Epidemic of Yellow Fever Which Visited Pensacola Navy Yard in the Summer and Autumn of 1863

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1863, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Pensacola FL, loc:Pensacola Navy Yard FL, su:camp life, su:medical, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:war experience, ts:memory

An Incident of War Times

“May 1865. Florida. A recollection of the first days of peace, when “the air was full of rumors of defeat."

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, pd:1893, su:civilian, su:enslaved, su:slavery, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Autobiography of General Patton Anderson, C.S.A

“1822-1865. Florida and Confederate west near the end of the war, this Floridian wrote a brief account of his experiences, which included the Mexican War, antebellum events, and his service in the CSA western theater.”

Tags: au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, he:Mexican American war, loc:Florida, loc:west, loc:western theater, su:confederate, su:military, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:autobiography

Autobiography of William Marvin

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, loc:Florida, loc:Key West FL, loc:Monroe County Fl, pd:1958, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:local history, su:observer, su:occupation, su:political, su:Reconstruction, su:southern, ts:autobiography

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