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- Tom Lamkin on 16 June 1863: “…I tell you we are going to give it to them this time…”
- 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles fro... on 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles from Kinston our Brigade formed line of battle and commenced advan-cing on the Yankees…”
- 18 May 1863: “We shall look for further news from that quarter with much interest.” | Civil War Day by Day on 12 May 1863: “In accepting your resignation as Military Governor of North Carolina, I cannot but express my regret that the Government, in this trying hour, should lose the benefit of your able and patriotic service.”
- Katherine on 9 May 1863: “Twas a splendid charge, straight forward for two miles, while their cannon were pouring an iron hail into our ranks.”
- Lance McDonald on 10 April 1863: “A great many spectators especially ladies _ for whom Genl Hardee has given the entertainment _ he has several at his house _ and this is the second or third time they have come up from Huntersville.”
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
21 March 1862: You wrote to me to know if I wanted any thing to write for it I do not want any thing but a pair of shoes
Item Description: Letter of 21 March 1862, from Richard Godwin Joyner to his mother, Julia Joyner. This brief and slight letter home is meant to reassure his family that all was well and to request a better pair of shoes. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged camp life, Goldsboro, Gunboats, Jenner Pearce, Joyner Family, Julia Joyner, Leondus Spencer, Richard Godwin Joyner, slavery
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20 March 1862: “The sunshine of secesion never sets in my soul: and, I hope, our country will be purified by the firery furnice we are passing through.”
Item description: Julius Alexander Robbins (1832-1864) was a Confederate soldier from Randolph County, N.C and Selma, Alabama. This letter was written by Julius Alexander Robbins to his cousin while serving on the Virginia Peninsula in 1862. The letter gives an account … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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19 March 1862: i take my pensil in hand to let you no that i am well at present I wood be glad to see you all though I am satsfide hear
Item Description: Letter dated 19 March 1862, from John A. Reeves to his father, A J Reeves, and mother, Elizabeth Reeves. The letter discusses life in the army with mention of food, the election of officers, sickness, and drilling near … Continue reading
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18 March 1862: “I stuck to it til a vile ball struck me on my brest plate the brest plate glanced the ball away it gave me quite a clip but did not hirt me…”
Item description: Letter, 18 March 1862, from Jeremiah Stetson, from New Bern, N.C., to his wife Abbie F. “Happy” Stetson, in Hanson, Massachusetts. Jeremiah Stetson was born in Pembroke, Mass., on 27 June 1810. At the outbreak of the Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Abbie Stetson, Battle of New Bern, contrabands, Jeremiah Stetson, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, scavenging
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17 March 1862: “I had heared of his death before your last letter reached me, and have written since, but Celestia when I saw the curly lock of hair, I had to weep again…”
Item description: In a 9 March 1862 letter that we recently featured, Union soldier Emmett Cole wrote to his sister Celestia that he had just learned from a mutual acquaintance that Emmett and Celestia’s younger brother Edgar, who was too … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Beaufort, Emmett Cole, family, grief, South Carolina
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16 March 1862: Federal gunboat and mortar boat attack on Island No 10. between Columbus and New Madrid
Item Description: page 178 from an unidentified source (probably Famous Leaders and Battle Scenes of the Civil War, published in 1896). Page contains two illustrations: “Transfer of the released federal prisoners from the steamer ‘Pilot Boy’ to the ‘Cossack,’ in … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
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15 March 1862: “We hear daily from Genl Beauregard who is anxious for reinforcements from this army to assist him…”
Item description: Letter, 15 March 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. In this letter, Jeremy Gilmer writes to his wife about the difficulties with the weather and his living quarters in Alabama, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, weather
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14 March 1862: “Battle of Fort Thompson NC March 14, 1862″
Item description: Pictorial envelope depicting military action at Fort Thompson, located along the Neuse River, during the Battle of New Bern (North Carolina). Item citation: “Battle of Fort Thompson NC March 14, 1862,” [Envelopes]. [S.l. : s.n., 186-?-18--?] VCC970.7 C58, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, battles, Burnside Expedition, Burnside's Army, envelopes, Fort Thompson, New Bern, North Carolina, pictorial envelopes, Union occupation, Union soldiers
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13 March 1862: Sketch showing the route to Newbern, pursued by the Burnside Expedition, March 13, & 14, 1862
Item description: This map is included with Major General J. G. Foster’s report to the Joint Committee on The Conduct of the War, a Congressional oversight committee set up in 1861. Although Foster’s report was published in 1866, the map … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, Burnside, Burnside Expedition, Burnside's Army, coastal areas, Fort Macon, General John G. Foster, maps, Morehead City, Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina, Union occupation
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12 March 1862: “A proud consciousness of having performed our duty in these days of trouble & difficulty must be our reliance, popular favor or condemnation amounts to nothing, never give up!”
Item description: In this letter, dated 12 March 1862, Jeremy Francis Gilmer wrote to his wife, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, to catch her up on war news. He described probable Confederate and Union troop movements on the Tennessee River and … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Pea Ridge, Brigadier General Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch, Brigadier General James M. McIntosh, Brigadier General William Whann Mackall, General Earl Van Dorn, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer
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