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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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1 May 1863: “The Yankees Repulsed Above Fredericksburg. Great Battle Expected.”
Item Description: Article from the Wilmington Daily Journal, announcing an expected battle near Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Item citation: Wilmington Daily Journal, 2 May 1863, page 3, column 1. From Miscellaneous Newspapers in the North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Fredericksburg, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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24 April 1863: “Every day serves to increase my anxiety to exchange my present service for some other less laborious and equally necessary branch.”
Item description: Letter, dated April 24th, 1863 from Ruffin Thompson to his father, William H. Thompson. In it he recounts details of camp life and his failed attempts to transfer to a less physically taxing position. Item citation: From folder … Continue reading
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Tagged camp life, food shortage, Fredericksburg, Ruffin Thomson, William H. Thompson
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7 April 1863: “I woald be glad for the ware to come to eand and we cold cone home.”
Item description: Letter, dated 7 April 1863, from William Sprinkle, located near Fredericksburg, to Thomas Poindexter. This letter is part of a collection of material that was owned by John R. Peacock and transferred to the Southern Historical Collection in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Fredericksburg, militias, rations, weather
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20 February 1863: “Possibly we may go to the railroad and ride to the seat of war – probably our legs will furnish transportation, as has been the case ever since we landed in this state.”
Item description: Letter, 20 February 1863, from Ruffin Thomson, 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, to his “Pa” (William H. Thomson). More about Ruffin Thomson: Ruffin Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied … Continue reading
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Tagged camp life, Charleston, Fredericksburg, Ruffin Thomson, Vicksburg
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10 February 1863: “When we first began the life of a soldier our biscuits would have given a mule the despipsia; now rolls, light and luscious, grace our table.”
Item description: Letter, 2 February 1863, from Ruffin Thomson, 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, to his “Pa” (William H. Thomson). More about Ruffin Thomson: Ruffin Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, food, Fredericksburg, picket duty, Ruffin Thomson, William H. Thomson
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2 February 1863: “We are quartered in the splendid brick mansions of the opulent and luxury-loving citizens of Fredericksburg…”
Item description: Letter, 2 February 1863, from Ruffin Thomson, 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, to his “Pa” (William H. Thomson). More about Ruffin Thomson: Ruffin Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, accommodations, correspondence, Fredericksburg, housing, provisions, Ruffin Thomson, supplies, William H. Thomson
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25 December 1862: “The boys are in excellent spirits however not much doing in the eggnog line…”
Item description: Letter, dated 25 December 1862, from Isaac Adams Howard of Gonzalez, Tex., to his father, Dr. William Henry Howard. In this letter, Howard, of the 5th Texas Regiment, Company B, gave a graphic description of the Fredericksburg battlefield … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Texas Regiment, Battle of Fredericksburg, casualties, Christmas, Fredericksburg, Isaac Adams Howard
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15 December 1862: “It is my painful duty to write you a few lines informing you of the death of your son, cousin Benjamin N. Long.”
Item description: Letter, 15 December 1862, from James W. Jones to his uncle John Long informing him of the death of his son, Benjamin N. Long. The Long family of Alamance County, N.C., included John Long and Letitia R. Long … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd Arkansas Regiment, Battle of Fredericksburg, Benjamin N. Long, chaplains, death notifications, Fredericksburg, John Long, Long family, Virginia
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2 December 1862: “This division of the enemy’s force seem to me very strange, but so many reports may indicate some movement of the enemy and I send them to you that you may be prepared.”
Item description: Letter, 2 December 1862, from Robert E. Lee to Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Item citation: From folder 248 in the Charles William Dabney Papers #1412 in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Hd Qrs. Army Northern … Continue reading
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Tagged Fredericksburg, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
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28 November 1862: “We are confident that we can handle any 60,000 Burnside has…”
Item description: Letter, 28 November 1862, from Alexander Swift (“Sandie”) Pendleton, officer on the staff of Stonewall Jackson, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, to his father Gen. William N. Pendleton. Item citation: From folder 29 of the William Nelson Pendleton Papers, … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Swift Pendleton, Fredericksburg, General Ambrose Burnside, Second Corps, William Nelson Pendleton
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