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

Across My Path: Memories of People I have Known

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, era:postwar, pd:1916, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:biography

A CIVIL WAR LETTER ON THE CAPTURE OF ATLANTA

A French View of the Fall of Richmond: Alfred Paul's Report to Drouyn De Lhuys, April 11, 1865

“April 2-3, 1865. The French Consul in Richmond recorded the chaotic conditions of the Confederate evacuation of Richmond and the calm that existed when Federal troops took charge. He noted CSA Secretary of State Judah P. Benjamin's behavior as…

Tags: au:French, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1965, su:French, su:homefront, su:observer, su:occupation, su:travel, su:warfront, ts:narrative

ANOTHER LETTER FROM "THE REBEL LAWYER" MONTFORT

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1861, era:1862, era:Civil War, loc:Butler Ga, loc:Fort Pulaski Ga, milt:25th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, pd:1968, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:occupation, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:correspondence

A Red-Headed Rebel

“Unknown time or place. A cute wartime story.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Carrollton Ky, loc:Kentucky, pd:1923, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:prison, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Great Old-Time Schoolmaster

“1861-1865. Nashville, Tennessee. A fond remembrance of the Rev. C.D. Elliott, wartime "principal of the old Nashville Female Academy.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Nashville TN, loc:Tennessee, pd:1922, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:religion, su:southern, ts:memory

A Roundabout Way Home

“1865. Kentucky. The first weeks at home for a former Confederate chaplain.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:1865, era:Civil War, pd:1920, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Generous-Hearted Enemy

“1865. New Orleans to Memphis to Louisville to Nashville. A former Confederate chaplain notes pleasant events from former enemies as he goes home after the war.”

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, era:Civil War, loc:Mississippi, pd:1919, su:camp life, su:confederate, su:military, su:war experience, ts:memory

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