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

A Rebel War Clerk's Diary at the Confederate States Capital

“This is a significant work because Jones decided to keep a diary that would be detailed and informative for those who read it. He made it his business, furthermore, his motivation was linked with unique access to Jefferson Davis, the capital…

Tags: au:confederate, au:male, au:northern, era:Civil War, loc:North Carolina, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1866, su:confederate, su:military, su:northern perspective, su:occupation, su:political, su:seccession, ts:diary

A Little Girl in the War

“1861-1865. General. Memories of the conflict to “a little girl when the war began” include some very poignant and informative examples of the realities of those years.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:1865, era:Civil War, he:Battle of Richmond, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1922, su:child girl, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:military, su:occupation, su:warfront, ts:memory

Alabama's Secession Convention, 1861

“January 1861. Montgomery, Alabama. Recollections of the conventions by a delegate—prepared by his grandson.”

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:1861, era:Civil War, he:Alabama's Secession Convention, loc:Alabama, loc:Montgomery AL, su:confederate, su:political, su:seccession, ts:narrative

A Boy's Experience in the Civil War, 1860-1865.

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, loc:Richmond VA, loc:Virginia, pd:1904, su:child boy, su:childhood, su:civilian, su:daily life, su:family narrative, su:homefront, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

A Florida Soldier in the Army of Northern Virginia: The Hosford Letters

ANTE-BELLUM AND WAR MEMORIES OF MRS. TELFAIR HODGSON

“Wartime memories from a plantation near Savannah.”

Tags: au:female, au:southern, era:antebellum, era:Civil War, loc:Chatham County GA, loc:Colerain Plantation, loc:Georgia, loc:Tweedside Plantation, pd:1943, su:female experience, su:homefront, su:slaveholding, su:southern, su:war experience, ts:memory

Autobiography of Samuel S. Hildebrand: The Renowned Missouri "Bushwhacker," Being His Complete Confession

“A fascinating account of guerrilla warfare in southern Missouri and northern Arkansas during the Civil War. Hildebrand was a Southern partisan who claimed he only took to the field after several relatives were murdered by Federals. He conducted a…

Tags: au:male, au:southern, era:Civil War, he:undesignated conflict, loc:Arkansas, loc:Green County Ak, loc:Missouri, milt:Bushwhacking Departmen, pd:1870, su:battlefield, su:civilian, su:confederate, su:homefront, su:military, su:occupation, su:war experience, ts:autobiography