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- Lance McDonald on 26 March 1863: “Ah what changes since then…”
- Lance McDonald on 20 March 1863: “…will you do me the favor to have the boy placed in jail before he is aware that the Dr. doesn’t get him, or I fear he will run off before I can get him.”
- Lance McDonald on 17 March 1863: “I have a frail good for nothing body, but I have more heart for the work than some of these big fellows…”
- 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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5 April 1863: Drawing of “Gunboat Princess Royal”
Item description: Drawing, dated 5 April 1863, of “Gunboat Princess Royal,” 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
21 February 1863: “Drawing of ‘Gen. Ledlie’s H.Q., St. Helena Island S.C.’”
Item description: Drawing, dated 21 February 1863, of “Gen. Ledlie’s H.Q., St. Helena Island S.C.,” 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 … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, drawings, Herbert Valentine, illustrations, James H. Ledlie, South Carolina, St. Helena Island, Union occupation
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2 May 1862: “I have some bad news to send, one of my Co. has been shot & 3 taken prisoners.”
Item description: Letter, 2 May 1862, from William B. Alexander, captain in Company E of the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, to his wife, Mary F. Alexander. He writes from New Bern, N.C., newly occupied by the Union Army. Alexander relates … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, ambushes, Battle of New Bern, Mary F. Alexander, New Bern, William B. Alexander
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10 April 1862: Drawing, “Passing Bridge on Trent River”
Item description: Pencil drawing, dated 10 April 1862, by Herbert Eugene Valentine of Salem, Mass. Valentine served as a clerk in the U.S. 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, spending time in New Bern, N.C. Valentine made numerous drawings of the places … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Battle of New Bern, drawings, Herbert Valentine, illustrations, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, Trent River
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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
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Abbie Stetson, Battle of New Bern, contrabands, Jeremiah Stetson, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, scavenging
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3 March 1862: “…in hopes soon to hear that this trouble will be settled so we can go home.”
Item description: William B. Alexander was born in Plymouth, Mass., around 1832. He worked as a carpenter in Boston before enlisting with the Union Army as a second lieutenant in Company B of the 3rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, April 1861. … Continue reading
2 March 1862: “Pleasant had a prayer meeting in our quarters.”
Item description: Short entry, 2 March 1862, from the diary of Henry K. White, soldier in the 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. Item citation: From folder 1 of the Henry K. White Diaries #5013-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, diaries, Henry K. White, religion
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29 December 1861: “I have got to fat to run quite so fast as I used to run after the hens, but I can’t find any boddy that can out run me now.”
Item description: Letter, 29 December 1861, written by Jeremiah Stetson, from Annapolis, Maryland, to his wife Abbie F. “Happy” Stetson, in Hanson, Massachusetts. Stetson wrote of training maneuvers, the resolution of a debt owed to him, and of missing his … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Annapolis, Jeremiah Stetson, training exercises, troop mobilization
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1 December 1861: “Old letters and old newspapers are not worth much so I will write again”
Item description: Letter written by Jeremiah Stetson, from Annapolis, Maryland, to his wife Abbie F. “Happy” Stetson, in Hanson, Massachusetts (1 December 1861). Item citation: From the Jeremiah Stetson Papers #5028-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
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Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Annapolis, camp life, health, slaves
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