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	<description>From the Louis Round Wilson Special Collections Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill</description>
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		<title>19 May 1863: &#8221; . . . we begin to breathe more freely and to cast our eyes towards the Southwest with less misgivings than we had last week.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/19/19-june-1863-we-begin-to-breathe-more-freely-and-to-cast-our-eyes-towards-the-southwest-with-less-misgivings-than-we-had-last-week/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=19-june-1863-we-begin-to-breathe-more-freely-and-to-cast-our-eyes-towards-the-southwest-with-less-misgivings-than-we-had-last-week</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 19 May 2013 09:00:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fletches</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[John C. Pemberton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: Editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 19 May 1863, page 2, column 1. Transcription: Now that we know that General JOHNSTON has got down to the vicinity of Jackson and Vicksburg and taken the management of things in &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/19/19-june-1863-we-begin-to-breathe-more-freely-and-to-cast-our-eyes-towards-the-southwest-with-less-misgivings-than-we-had-last-week/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>18 May 1863: &#8220;We shall look for further news from that quarter with much interest.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/18/18-may-1863-we-shall-look-for-further-news-from-that-quarter-with-much-interest/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=18-may-1863-we-shall-look-for-further-news-from-that-quarter-with-much-interest</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 18 May 2013 07:01:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>fletches</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[North Carolina Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Abraham Lincoln]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Clement Vallandigham]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[CSS Emma]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item: editorials and advertisements, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 18 May 1863, page 2, columns 1 and 2. Notes: 1) The Siege of Vicksburg began on 18 May 1863.  2) Colonel Thomas Purdie, of the 18th North Carolina Regiment, &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/18/18-may-1863-we-shall-look-for-further-news-from-that-quarter-with-much-interest/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>17 May 1863: &#8220;Say nothing about my writing so it will get out publicly. If I attempt it, I want it put through&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/17/17-may-1863/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=17-may-1863</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 May 2013 10:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcbh</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Southern Historical Collection]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[2nd Virginia Cavalry]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Confederate States of America]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Rebecca Louise Fitzhugh Walker Parker]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Robert Parker]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item Description: Letter, 17 May 1863, Robert W. Parker to  to his wife, Rebecca Louise Fitzhugh Walker Parker, about possibly finding a substitute for him in the war. Parker served in the 2nd Virginia Cavalry of the Confederate States of America &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/17/17-may-1863/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>16 May 1863: &#8220;one thing I can say I was not in the least scart and filled up my pipe and had a good smoke while the bullets were fling pretty nimbly.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 16 May 2013 05:00:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hhthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[123rd New York Volunteers]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item Description: Letter, 16 May 1863, from George Washington Baker to his sister describing the Battle of Chancellorsville. Baker hailed from Washington County, N.Y., and served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. The collection includes letters &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/16/16-may-1863/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>15 May 1863: &#8220;I am sorry to inform you that I unfortunately fell into the hands of the enemy on Sunday the 3rd inst.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 15 May 2013 05:00:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>hhthomas</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[18th Regiment North Carolina Troops]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Alfred N. Proffit]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Andrew J. Proffit]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: Letter, 15 May 1863, from Corporal Andrew J. Proffit to his father, William Proffit of Wilkes County, N.C., in which the son described his unsuccessful attempt to protect the North Carolina 18th Regiment&#8217;s colors (and himself) from capture &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/15/15-may-1863-2/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>14 May 1863: &#8220;&#8230; there was no Regiment under a hotter or longer fire than our Regiment and none stood fire better.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 14 May 2013 05:00:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcbh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: Letter, dated 14 May 1863, from George Washington Baker to his mother.  Baker, a lieutenant in Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers, hailed from Washington County, NY.  In this letter he describes the battle of Chancellorsville and his attempt &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/14/14-may-1863/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>13 May 1863: &#8220;If you had known Ives you would be better able to understand the regret which we feel at his loss.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 13 May 2013 13:31:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcbh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Aldert Smedes]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ives Smedes]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Kate DeRosset Meares]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: Letter, 13 May 1863, from E.A. Evertson to Kate deRosset Meares. Evertson and Meares both served, at one time, on the faculty at St. Mary&#8217;s School in Raleigh, N.C. Evertson writes to deliver the news of the death &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/13/13-may-1863-if-you-had-known-ives-you-would-be-better-able-to-understand-the-regret-which-we-feel-at-his-loss/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>12 May 1863: &#8220;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.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 May 2013 09:00:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Tomberlin</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Edward Stanly]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Edwin M. Stanton]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: This letter was written by Edwin M. Stanton, United States Secretary of War, to Edward Stanly, who had served as Military Governor of North Carolina. In it Stanton comments on the &#8220;zeal and fidelity&#8221; Stanly showed while dealing &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/12/12-may-1863-letter-by-edwin-m-stanton-to-edward-stanly/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>11 May 1863: &#8220;The immortal Jackson was badly wounded by our own men as you have no doubt heard and fears are entertained that he will not live.&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/11/11-may-1863-the-immortal-jackson-was-badly-wounded-by-our-own-men-as-you-have-no-doubt-heard-and-fears-are-entertained-that-he-will-not-live/?utm_source=rss&#038;utm_medium=rss&#038;utm_campaign=11-may-1863-the-immortal-jackson-was-badly-wounded-by-our-own-men-as-you-have-no-doubt-heard-and-fears-are-entertained-that-he-will-not-live</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 11 May 2013 09:00:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcbh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Chancellorsville]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: This letter, dated 11 May 1863, was written by Confederate soldier Edward Rowe. Writing to a friend, Rowe recounts the &#8220;slaughter&#8221; at the battle of Chancellorsville, Virginia, and expresses his fear that &#8220;Stonewall&#8221; Jackson will die from wounds received &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/11/11-may-1863-the-immortal-jackson-was-badly-wounded-by-our-own-men-as-you-have-no-doubt-heard-and-fears-are-entertained-that-he-will-not-live/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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		<title>10 May 1863: &#8220;Harriet we have bin living fine since we came to Va. I not seen any corn bread since I left N.C. or that is we have not had any but we only get a quarter pound of meate a day &amp; a quarter pound of sugar how long it will last I don&#8217;t know.&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 10 May 2013 09:00:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>dcbh</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[52nd North Carolina Troops]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Battle of Chancellorsville]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Hanover Junction]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Harriet McIntosh]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[James Johnston Pettigrew]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Item description: Letter, dated 10 May 1863, from Robert Sifford, Hanover Junction, Va., to Harriet McIntosh, Mecklenburg County, N.C. During the war, Sifford served with the 52th North Carolina Troops (within &#8220;Pettigrew&#8217;s Brigade&#8221;). In this letter, Sifford gives a detailed &#8230; <a class="more-link" href="http://www.lib.unc.edu/blogs/civilwar/index.php/2013/05/10/10-may-1863/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
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