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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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8 March 1863: “you wish to no how i got out of coming to the armey i was over age the call was from 18 to 40″
Item description: Letter, 8 March 1863, to Edwin Keiger in Kinston, N.C., from Joseph Boles in Raleigh, N.C.The letter describes the inflated prices for food, horses, and other goods during the Civil War. Included is discussion of why Boles was not … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Edwin Keiger, food, horses, Joseph Boles, Kinston, North Carolina, prices
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24 January 1863: “I have been very badly hurt, but am all right now. My horse ran away (she always does)…”
Item description: Letter, 24 January 1863, from Benjamin Lewis Blackford to his mother, Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford (1802-1896). [Item transcription available below images.] Item citation: From folder 84 in the Blackford Family Papers #1912, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Blackford Family, family, horses, injuries, nursing, Wilmington
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6 October 1862: “as fair as I no our side has nothing to brag of our men is out of hart”
Item description: Letter, 6 October 1862, from Confederate soldier Eli Fogleman to his wife, Lucy B. Staley. Fogleman enlisted in Company K, 5th Regiment North Carolina Cavalry, C.S.A., in Guilford County, N.C. On 4 May 1863, Fogleman was taken prisoner … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, Confederate Army, Confederate camp, Eli Fogleman, horses, love letters, peas, Petersburg, Virginia
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15 January 1862: “Death of Colonel J. W. Allen, Surgeon Weller and the Second Mate of the Ann E. Thompson, January 15, 1862.”
Item Description: Illustration “Death of Colonel J. W. Allen, Surgeon Weller and the Second Mate of the Ann E. Thompson, January 15, 1862.” Illustration from unknown source, but first published as part of the article “Tragic Incidents of the Burnside … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Burnside Expedition, Hatteras, Hatteras inlet, Hatteras Island, horses, North Carolina, shipwreck
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24 October 1861: “…I wish to buy twenty-two large, young and active Horses for the above service.”
Item description: An advertisement, published in The Daily Journal of Wilmington, North Carolina, on 24 October 1861, in which Captain Samuel R. Bunting seeks to purchase horses for the use of the Wilmington Horse Artillery. Item citation: “Having been appointed … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged advertisements, artillery, horses, Samuel R. Bunting, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, Wilmington Horse Artillery
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29 September 1861: “All battery & cavalry horses when not on expeditions will be grazed as much as practicable.”
Item description: General Orders No. 58, dated 29 September 1861, conferring command to Major James B. Walton (1813–1885). The second portion of the order gives instructions for grazing military horses. Item citation: From folder 18 of the Boykin Family Papers (#78), … Continue reading
