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

Woman Saved Richmond City: Thrilling Story of Dahlgren's Raid and Mrs. Seddons' Old Blackberry Wine

“March 1864. Richmond, Virginia. A memory of one woman’s valiant effort to save Confederate capital during a Union cavalry attack.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1864, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1906, su:Battle of Richmond, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:occupation, su:political, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:narrative

“The author saw Jacksonville in flames in March 1864; he returned in 1878 to visit members of his former black regiment.”

Tags: au:male, au:northern, au:union, era:1864, era:Civil War, loc:Florida, loc:Jacksonville FL, pd:1878, su:African American, su:Battle of Richmond, su:battlefield, su:Freedmen, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:union, su:warfront, ts:memory

“1861- 1865. Richmond, Virginia. A recollection of the Confederate Capital, especially women’s work in the hospitals.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, milt:3rd Regiment Troops for Local Defnese, milt:Dahlgren's Raiders, pd:1928, su:Battle of Richmond, su:child girl, su:civilian, su:homefront, su:medical, su:occupation, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory