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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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7 May 1863: “AN APPEAL For The Sick And Wounded Soldiers“
Item Description: In this broadside, members of the Salisbury [N.C.] Way-Side Hospital committee call for donations of “provisions, medicines, delicacies for the sick, and money” to help care for wounded and sick soldiers. The appeal ends with a call to … Continue reading
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Tagged broadsides, Confederate hospital, home front, homefront, hospitals, North Carolina, Salisbury, Salisbury Way-side Hospital, sickness, soldier conditions, wounded soldiers
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31 October 1862: “there is now an ulcer about the bigness of the palm of my hand, laying the cords of my leg almost bare.”
Item description: Letter, dated 31 October 1862, from Charles H. Little, Company K, 9th New Hampshire Volunteers, to his wife. Little writes from a hospital in Frederick, Maryland, describing the treatment he has been receiving for a wound received at the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 9th New Hampshire Volunteers, Battle of Antietam, Charles H. Little, Civil War medicine, Frederick, hospitals, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, New Hampshire, wounded soldiers
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25 September 1862: “scarce do my thoughts wander to my loved ere they wander to my little teaze.”
Item description: Letter, dated 25 September 1862, from J. Smith DuShane (Pat), a sergeant in Company K of the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, to his ‘beloved’; The letter describes how he was wounded at 2nd Bull Run on 29 Aug. 1862. Item … Continue reading
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Tagged Finley Hospital, hospitals, J. Smith DuShane, love letters, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia
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23 September 1862: “…said to myself that was Ray Wells but could not tell for certain their was so many that lay dead on so small a spot of ground that I did not want to look any more than I was obliged too…”
Item description: Letter, 23 September 1862, from Homer Case of the 12th New York Infantry to Mrs. A. H. Hall, sister of William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”). Case wrote from Cliffburn General Hospital … Continue reading
19 September 1862: “O what terrible fighting they are having in Maryland for the last five days…”
Item description: Letter, 19 September 1862, from Jonathan Lewis Whittaker to his wife Julia A. Wells Whitaker. More about Jonathan Lewis Whittaker: Jonathan Lewis Whitaker (fl. 1862-1865) was a physician of Orange County, N.Y., who served as a United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, hospitals, Jonathan Lewis Whittaker, Julia A. Wells Whittaker, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, New York, Pennsylvania, surgeons
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26 January 1862: “but I would not go to the Hospital for it is just the same as signing a mans death warrant to send him there.”
Item description: Letter, 26 January 1862, from Emmett Cole, a Union soldier in Company F, 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment, to his sister Celestia. Cole wrote from Beaufort, S.C., where he had gone to recover from the “chill fever.” In this … Continue reading
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Tagged 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Beaufort, Emmett Cole, homesickness, hospitals, sickness
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27 June 1861: An Ordinance to Cede to the Confederate States, the Property in and Jurisdiction over the Forts, Light Houses, Beacons, Marine Hospitals and Mint in North Carolina
Item description: An ordinance by the North Carolina Secession Convention ceding parcels of land formerly held by the United States government to the new government of the Confederate States of America. Item Transciption: [No. 29.] AN ORDINANCE TO CEDE TO … Continue reading
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Tagged beacons, Confederate States of America, forts, hospitals, lighthouses, mints, North Carolina, ordinances, Secession Convention
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