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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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27 April 1863: Drawing of the U.S.S. Steamer Allison, by Herbert E. Valentine
Item description: Drawing, dated 27 April 1863, of the U.S.S. Monitor, drawn by Herbert E. Valentine, a private in Company F of the 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers, who served in the United States Army between 1861 and 1864 in eastern Virginia, North … Continue reading
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Tagged drawings, Herbert Valentine, Union soldiers, United States Navy
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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
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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
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Tagged camp life, food shortage, Fredericksburg, Ruffin Thomson, William H. Thompson
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23 April 1863: “…yesterday I went down to the river and ketched some fish and I fride them for breakfast so I had good breakfast…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 23 April 1863, from Eldridge B. Platt to his sister Adelaide E. Platt. More about Eldridge B. Platt: Eldridge B. Platt (b. 1847) enlisted as a drummer in the 2nd Connecticut Light Battery on 12 August 1862. By … Continue reading
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Tagged food, teachers, Union soldiers, weather
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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
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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
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Tagged bacon, bedding, East Fork, fruit trees, Lenoir family, North Carolina, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir, supplies, Walter Waightstill Lenoir, wool
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19 April 1863: “…I dont suppose the Jenkin’s being Presbyterians, will dance.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 19 April, 1863, from John Steele Henderson to his mother, Mary Henderson. He discusses family members, including the death of a cousin, and the recent visit of a band to Salisbury. From folder 33 in the … Continue reading
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Tagged battle of charleston, Carolina Watchman, Chapel Hill, dances, death, John Steele Henderson, music, North Carolina, Presbyterian Church, Salisbury, watc
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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
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14 April 1863: “The Comdg Gen. leaves temporarily and for the purpose of putting himself at the head of a relieving force, and having raised the siege expects soon to return.”
Item Description: Copy of Union General John Gray Foster’s 14 April 1863 Order commending the troops, enclosed in a 17 April 1863 letter written to William L. Whitney of Cambridge, Massachusetts from his son in the Union army stationed at Washington, N.C. … Continue reading
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Tagged First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, General John G. Foster, general orders, siege, Washington (N.C)
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13 April 1863: “It was a hard blow, having marched near 100 miles & tired & now march all night a swampy road was indeed a hard blow. If ever there was a time when I felt like not going this was the time…”
Item Description: Diary entry, 13 April 1863, written by Thomas Lewis Ware, presumably of Washington, Ga., while he was a member of the 15th Georgia Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America, serving in Virginia and in the Gettysburg campaign, during which he … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederate Army, environment, marching, swamps, thomas ware, wagon trains
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