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- Tom Lamkin on 16 June 1863: “…I tell you we are going to give it to them this time…”
- 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles fro... on 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles from Kinston our Brigade formed line of battle and commenced advan-cing on the Yankees…”
- 18 May 1863: “We shall look for further news from that quarter with much interest.” | Civil War Day by Day on 12 May 1863: “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.”
- Katherine on 9 May 1863: “Twas a splendid charge, straight forward for two miles, while their cannon were pouring an iron hail into our ranks.”
- 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.”
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18 May 1863: “We shall look for further news from that quarter with much interest.”
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, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Clement Vallandigham, CSS Emma, CSS Eugenie, education, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, home industry, homespun, Jefferson Davis, Major General Evans, Matthew Fontaine Maury, newspapers, political advertiement, prisoners-of-war, text books, Thomas Purdie, Union Leagues, William J. Houston, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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4 March 1863: “Every day of my experience in teaching adds to my firm conviction that, if faithfully done, ‘t’is the most laborious of all employments…”
Item description: Letter, 4 March 1863, from Thomas L. Norwood to uncle Walter Waightstill Lenoir about how uncomfortable Thomas was with the idea of being a teacher like others in his family. Item citation: From the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged education, home front, Lenoir family, North Carolina, Oaks, teachers, Thomas Norwood, Walter Waightstill Lenoir
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6 June 1862: “…Governor Stanly has not been instructed by the government to prevent the education of children, white or black, in the State of North Carolina.”
Item description: This document, which was ordered to be printed by the United States House of Representatives, is a compilation of documents related to “the authority and action of the Hon. Edward Stanly, military governor of North Carolina.” It includes … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, children, education, Edward Stanly, Edwin M. Stanton, freedmen, occupation, resolutions, schools, Union occupation, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives
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5 June 1862: “Commencement Ball Announcement, Complimentary to The Graduating Class”
Item description: A commencement ball invitation from 5 June 1862. As the war progressed the student body at the University of North Carolina began to change drastically. By the fall of 1861, only 91 students remained at the University after many … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Chapel Hill, colleges, education, home front, homefront, North Carolina, student body, students, University of North Carolina
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28 May 1862: “‘Of course you are aware,’ said the Governor, ‘that the laws of the State make the opening of such schools a criminal offence.’”
Item description: This transcript, which details a conversation about schools for recently freed slaves in occupied North Carolina between Edward Stanly, Military Governor of North Carolina, and Vincent Colyer, Superintendent of the Poor under Union General Burnside, is extracted from … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Burnside, Charles Sumner, education, Edward Stanly, freedmen, North Carolina, occupation, occupied territory, schools, slaves, Union occupation, Vincent Colyer
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14 April 1862: “This is the anniversary of the fall of Ft Sumter and we have had the sad news confirmed of the loss of Ft Pulaski to us — I was not prepared for this, believing it impregnable.”
Item description: In this letter, Mary Henderson writes to her son John Steele Henderson, who was a student in Chapel Hill, N.C. at the University of North Carolina. Mary Henderson discusses local news, the Battle of Shiloh, and other war … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, education, Fort Pulaski, home front, John Steele Henderson, refugees, University of North Carolina
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30 September 1861: “I have been a soldier in the 8th Reg. but finding that my health was failing I have determined to give up the service & act in some less laborious sphere.”
Item description: Letter, 30 September 1861, from P.D. Thompson to Anzolette Elizabeth Page Pendleton, together with a similar letter to Col. William Nelson Pendleton, both regarding the Pendletons’ invitation to Thompson to direct a local school. Thompson writes to the … Continue reading
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Tagged Anzolette Elizabeth Page Pendleton, education, P.D. Thompson, schools, Virginia, William Nelson Pendleton
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17 August 1861: “I go to school to Miss Margaret Mitchel and like her very much indeed. I am studying.”
Item description: Letter of 17 August 1861 from Susie Mallett, in Chapel Hill, N.C., to her father Peter Mallett, a Confederate captain with Company C of the 3rd Infantry Regiment (North Carolina). It appears that Susie Mallett was staying with … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Chapel Hill, education, Mallett family, North Carolina, Peter Mallett, Susie Mallett
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