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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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29 October 1862: “Genl. Bragg cannot move into Middle Tenn. with prospect of success without your cooperation.”
Item description: Letter, 29 October 1862, from Jefferson Davis to Edmund Kirby-Smith. In the letter, Davis expresses his disappointment of the Confederate retreat from Kentucky into Tennessee but also seems to justify his decision to keep Gen. Braxton Bragg in … Continue reading
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Tagged Braxton Bragg, Edmund Kirby-Smith, Jefferson Davis, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Tennessee
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10 October 1862: “She is a little fat creature, & only weighs six pounds. her eyes are very dark blue, I think they will be like yours.”
Item description: Letter, 10 October 1862, from Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith to her husband Gen. Edmund Kirby-Smith describing the birth of their daughter, Caroline. At the time of the letter, Kirby-Smith was commanding the Army of East Tennessee in the invasion … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith, children, Edmund Kirby-Smith, home front, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Lynchburg, midwives, women
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16 September 1862: “The large armies concentrated at Louisville and Cincinatti are held in check, by my advance.”
Item transcription: Letter, 16 September 1862, from Gen. Edmund Kirby-Smith to his wife Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith. At the time of the letter, Kirby-Smith was commanding the Army of East Tennessee in the invasion of Kentucky. The invasion, led by Kirby-Smith and … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmund Kirby-Smith, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign
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25 June 1862: The Daily Telegraph (single sheet)
ITEM: The Daily Telegraph, June 25, 1862, single sheet, 12.5 x 9.0 inches, printed on one side. CITATION: The Daily Telegraph (Raleigh, N.C.) 25 June 1862, single sheet. North Carolina Collection call number: VC071 C748 folder 5. Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
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Tagged advertisements, Battle of Seven Pines, Bryan Grimes, Charleston, Gen. George McClellan, George B. Anderson, J.E.B. Stuart, Kentucky, New Orleans, newspapers, Richmond, Seven Days Battles, sickness
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23 January 1862: “… and after a desperate battle, which lasted from 6 in the morning until about 2 p.m. our forces gave way”
Item description: Letter, 23 January 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer, a Major of Engineers in the Confederate States of America Army, to his wife Louisa “Loulie” Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. Gilmer wrote of the Battle of Mill Springs, 19 January 1862, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Mill Springs, East Tennessee, General Felix Zollicoffer, General George H. Thomas, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Kentucky, Somerset (Ky.)
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7 January 1862: “The world is inclined to be against us on the negro question, and this is operating most unfavorably for our struggle for independence.”
Item description: Letter, 7 January 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer, an engineer with the Confederate Army, to his wife, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. Gilmer wrote of how he missed “Loulie” and their children, of New Years day and its dissimilarity … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowling Green, Colonel John Bowen, foreign intervention, General John B. Floyd, India rubber leggings, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Kentucky, Nashville, New Year's Day, Tennessee, weather
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5 January 1862: “…we are not Barbarians, if we are “Rebels”!
Item description: Letter, 5 January 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer, a Major of Engineers in the Confederate States of America Army, to his wife “Loulie,” Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. Gilmer wrote of the wintry weather and the relative softness and scratchiness … Continue reading
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Tagged Bowling Green, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Kentucky, prisoners-of-war, undergarments, winter, wounded soldiers
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18 November 1861: “We are gradually becoming independent of the rest of the world for the supply of such military stores”
Item description: President’s message: to the Congress of the Confederate States, written from Richmond on November 18, 1861. Davis gives a general overview of the current state of the war, comments on the neutrality of Kentucky, the current state of communication … Continue reading
26 September 1861: “Kentucky is in a worse condition than poor Missouri. Many of her best citizens have been incarcerated & her fair fields will soon run red with her children’s blood.”
Item description: Letter, 26 September 1861, from Given Campbell to his wife “Bettie” describing the situation in Kentucky. Given Campbell was born in Salem, Ky., on 31 December 1835. He studied law at the University of Virginia and, upon graduation, … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettie Campbell, Given Campbell, Kentucky
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