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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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16 February 1863: “He had hard usage by that court martial…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 16 February 1863, from Jane Gibert Pettigru North (abbreviated JGN) to her brother. She describes the “restless” nature of a visiting relation named Sue, as well as conditions at her plantation, Badwell, and the trials of … Continue reading
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Tagged Badwell Plantation, Battle of Murfreesboro, Battle of Stones River, Braxton Bragg, Columbia, court martial, Jane Petigru North, New Market, railroad, South Carolina
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3 February 1863, “I very much fear that famine will be among the trials that avail our people…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 3 February 1863, from Jane Gibert Pettigrew North (abbreviated JGN) to her brother, James L. Pettigrew. She is writing from Badwell, a family plantation in South Carolina, to James while is is practicing law in Charleston. … Continue reading
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Tagged Badwell Plantation, Charles Lockhart Pettigru, Charleston, corn, famine, hiring out of slaves, James L. Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, Jane Petigru North, Mary "Minnie" Charlotte North Allston, North Carolina, South Carolina
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11 March 1862: “Dear Charles don’t apply the torch to your barns. it is too dreadful and I cannot but think it unwise. What God bestows upon man for subsistence should not be recklessly disposed of in destruction.”
Item description: Letter, 11 March 1862, believed to be from John Gough North, Badwell Plantation (S.C.) to his son-in-law Charles L. Pettigrew of Scuppernong, N.C. North writes of the scarcity of provisions, the movement of slaves, and cautions Charles against … Continue reading
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Tagged Badwell Plantation, Charles Pettigrew, Pettigrew family, Scuppernong, South Carolina
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22 October 1861: “What an unhappy scamp is Peter – but pray dont be too hard on poor Laura – she was young & a fool”
Item description: Letter, 22 October 1861, from Jane Petigru North, Badwell Plantation, Abbeville, South Carolina, to her daughter, Jane Caroline “Carey” North Pettigrew, Bonarva Plantation, Tyrrell County, N.C. The letter briefly mentions Peter, quite possibly the slave who had fathered a … Continue reading
