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13 January 1862: “Wreck of the City of New York”

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Item Description: “The Wreck of the ‘City of New York,’ of the Burnside Expedition, off Hatteras Inlet.” Harper’s Weekly, February 15, 1862, pages 104-105. (Scan made from 4″x5″ copy color transparency.) A powerful northeaster storm struck the mid-Atlantic coast between … Continue reading →

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11 January 1862: “The Bayonet the Weapon”

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Item description: newspaper article “The Bayonet the Weapon” in The Floridian and Journal, 11 January 1862. Item transcription: The Bayonet the Weapon It is a noteworthy fact that in every battle with the enemy, whenever the bayonet has been resort … Continue reading →

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10 January 1862: Burnside Expedition rumors

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Item Description:  Newspaper article “The Burnside Expedition” from The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), page 2 column 2. Transcription: The following account of the Burnside expedition was intended to have been inserted in yesterday’s Journal, and was so referred to … Continue reading →

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21 December 1861: “Timber Wanted at the North Carolina Arsenal and Armory”

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Item description: Advertisement, “Timber Wanted at the North Carolina Arsenal and Armory,” dated 29 November 1861 but which first appeared in The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.) on 13 December 1861, page 4, column 1.  A request for sealed proposals by … Continue reading →

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20 December 1861: “. . . on my lonely night’s watching . . .”

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Item description: Poem, “The Picket Guard” written “For the Journal. / By a Lady.”  The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 20 December 1861, page 2, column 2.  For more on Civil War poetry, see the Library of Congress web page, … Continue reading →

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19 December 1861: “. . . this is probably the most important news received since the battle of Manassas . . .”

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Item Description: “The Foreign News,” The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 19 December 1861, page 2, column 1.  This editorial addresses recent news concerning the Trent Affair, about which (at that point in the crisis) news of the British reaction was … Continue reading →

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16 December 1861: “. . . this enemy, more formidable than the crowding myrmidons of Lincoln.”

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Item Description: Letter, 9 December 1861, from A. D. McLean, M. D. to Charles E. Johnson, M. D., Surgeon General of the State of North Carolina.  Published in the Fayetteville Observer, 16 December 1861, page 2, column 1. Item Transcription: … Continue reading →

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20 November 1861: Raising the Black Flag, “Such an event must fill every thoughtful mind with the gloomiest forebodings.”

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Item description: newspaper article, “The Black Flag,” Weekly Standard (Raleigh), 20 November 1861, page 1, column 4. Item transcription: The Black Flag. In modern times, the black flag has never been raised, except as the ensign of the pirate—the heartless … Continue reading →

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