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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
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, drawings, Herbert Valentine, illustrations, James H. Ledlie, South Carolina, St. Helena Island, Union occupation
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19 April 1862: Illustrations of the Civil War in Eastern North Carolina
Item description: Illustrations from Harper’s Weekly, 19 April 1862, p. 252. [Bottom Right] Craven County, New Bern, N.C. “Removal of the wounded to Newbern hospital.” 1862. Harper’s Weekly, April 19, 1862, p. 252. Neg. 80-400. NCC vault FFCC970.73 B96. [Top … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, cavalry, drawings, flags of truce, Fort Dixie, Harper's Weekly, illustrations, naval operations, New Bern, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, Union occupation, Union soldiers, United States Army, Washington (N.C), wounded soldiers
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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
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Battle of New Bern, drawings, Herbert Valentine, illustrations, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, Trent River
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10 September 1861: “Enclosed please find a drawing of a portable shielded battery, which I freely give to the Southern Confederacy hoping that the suggestion set forth in it at least may lead to some practical use.”
Item description: Letter, 10 September 1861, from J.[?]O.H.P. Henderson to Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, enclosing a drawing of Henderson’s invention (a shielded battery). Item citation: From folder 8 of the Edward Porter Alexander Papers, #7, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged batteries, drawings, Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, inventions
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