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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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31 March 1863: “A man in the 23rd NC deserted to the Yankees on picket…”
Item Description: Letter, of 31 March 1863, from F.J. Haywood Jr. The letter is addressed to “My Dear Captain” and relates bits of camp gossip and chatter about the sighting of a “Yankee Balloon,” a desertion across enemy lines, and … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, conscription, desertion, picket duty, Richmond
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23 October 1861: “It is said several persons saw on Sunday morning last about 5 o’clock, a large balloon passing over this city at moderate speed…”
Item description: In its issue of 23 October 1861, the Hillsborough Recorder republished this item, which originally appeared in the Raleigh Standard. The story describes a reported sighting of a large balloon floating to the south over Raleigh, North Carolina. … Continue reading
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Tagged balloons, Raleigh, The Hillsborough Recorder
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