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- 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.”
- 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.”
- Robert Terry on 29 March 1863: Sketch….showing…..Siege of Washington, NC, March 29 to April 16, 1863
- Michael Ward on 25 February 1863: “Troops have been pouring in in great numbers from North Carolina.”
- 28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…” | Civil War Day by Day on 18 January 1863: “I made twelve garments last week and worked sixty-two button holes and sewed on as many buttons. Can you equal that?”
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28 April 1863: “Warm and rainy. Our guard is the same, however, rain or no rain.”
Item description: Brief entry, dated 28 April 1863, from Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Massachusetts … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, published accounts, Washington (N.C)
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25 April 1863: Nine iron clad Monitors attacked Fort Sumter and the other defences of Charleston on the 10th and were signally defeated
Item description: Diary entry, April 25, 1863 of David Schenck (1835-1902). Item citation: From folder 4 (volume 3) of the David Schenck Papers #652, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: The … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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24 April 1863: “Every day serves to increase my anxiety to exchange my present service for some other less laborious and equally necessary branch.”
Item description: Letter, dated April 24th, 1863 from Ruffin Thompson to his father, William H. Thompson. In it he recounts details of camp life and his failed attempts to transfer to a less physically taxing position. Item citation: From folder … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged camp life, food shortage, Fredericksburg, Ruffin Thomson, William H. Thompson
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22 April 1863: “The whole district is against us & no certain information can be gained any where.”
Item Description: Letter, 22 April 1863, from John McRae to Peter Mallett about McRae’s efforts to round up deserters in Wake County, N.C.John McRae (1793-1880) served as postmaster at Fayetteville, N.C., with his father, Duncan, 1801-1853. He then went into private business … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged deserters, John McRae, Neuse River, Peter Mallett, wake county
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20 April 1863: “I feel thankful that I got out so well and safely, and that I have so beautiful a time to commence living at my new home in the woods.”
Item description: Letter, 20 April 1863, from Walter W. Lenoir to his mother, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir (1783-1864). Item citation: From the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: * Get some … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged bacon, bedding, East Fork, fruit trees, Lenoir family, North Carolina, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir, supplies, Walter Waightstill Lenoir, wool
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17 April 1863: If Dr. Hendry has placed himself in a position to incur suspicion, you can determine by his willingness or refusal to take the oath of allegiance to the Confederate States
Item description: Letter, 17 April 1863, contains a report from Assistant Adj. General Eustace Surget to Liet. Col. Logan about rounding up deserters and administering an oath of allegiance to the Confederate States. [Transcription available under the image] Item citation: … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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16 April 1863: “Many of the commissioned officers, of the provisional army have obtained high rank of election and promotion, before attaining the age of twenty-one years.”
Item description: Message, dated 16 April 1863, from President Jefferson Davis concerning his approval of a bill from the Confederate Congress entitled, “An act to allow minors to hold commissions in the army.” Item citation: “Message of the President,” Confederate … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged bills, commissions, Confederate Congress, Confederate House of Representatives, Jefferson Davis, minors
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12 April 1863:”…the yankees run up the white flag, set the boat afire and took to the swamp…”
Item description: Letter, dated 12 April 1863, from James Augustus Graham to his mother. He describes camp life, an engagement with a Union gunboat on the Coosaw River, and his regiment’s potential involvement in the engagements occurring near Charleston. From … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged camp life, Charleston, Coosaw River, Coosawhatchie, James A. Graham, James Augustus Graham, Pocotaligo, South Carolina
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11 April 1863: “The giant mind of Lee is even now, I confidently believe, moulding plans of attack, should Hooker fail to advance…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 11 April 1863, from Ruffin Thomson to his father, William H. Thomson. Ruffin Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied at the University of Mississippi … Continue reading
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