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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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19 May 1863: ” . . . we begin to breathe more freely and to cast our eyes towards the Southwest with less misgivings than we had last week.”
Item: Editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 19 May 1863, page 2, column 1. Transcription: Now that we know that General JOHNSTON has got down to the vicinity of Jackson and Vicksburg and taken the management of things in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. Joseph Johnston, Jackson, John C. Pemberton, newspapers, Vicksburg, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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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
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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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21 April 1863: “Okra the best Substitute for Coffee”
Item Description: ”Okra the best Substitute for Coffee” (newspaper article), The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 21 April 1863, page 2. Transcription: Okra the best Substitute for Coffee Everybody, we presume, knows how to cultivate Okra. It is a most delicious table vegetable, … Continue reading
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Tagged blockade, coffee, newspapers, okra, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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2 April 1863: “Let the soldier laugh if he can.”
Item Description: editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), Thursday, 2 April 1863, page 2, column 1. Transcription: The performance to-night at the Theatre will pre- sent an unusual and attractive variety, as fоur pieces will be given, as well … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged entertainment, newspapers, The Daily Journal, theater
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7 January 1863: “President Davis passed down in the cars on Saturday last, on his return to Richmond…”
Item description: Newspaper article, “President Davis,” as published in the 7 January 1863 issue of the Hillsborough Recorder. The article describes President Jefferson Davis’ visit to North Carolina. Item citation: “President Davis,” Hillsborough Recorder. 7 January 1863. Hillsborough, N.C. : Dennis Heartt, 1820-1879. C071 … Continue reading
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Tagged Hillsborough, Jefferson Davis, newspapers, North Carolina, speeches, The Hillsborough Recorder
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27 December 1862: “It looks to me as if the persons named intended that they should be captured by the rebels.”
Item description: “Report of Commander Murray, U. S. Navy, regarding the reported capture of parties transporting goods from Norfolk [Virginia] to Elizabeth City [North Carolina].” To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Murray, Charles Davis, contrabands, D. W. Curtis, Dismal Swamp Canal, Elizabeth City, Great Dismal Swamp, J. C. Jones, naval, naval operations, New Bern, newspapers, Norfolk, S.P. Lee, ships, sounds, transportation, U.S.S. Hetzel, United States Navy
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8 December 1862: “He calls his famous proclamation a contemplated emancipation scheme.”
Item: article from the Carolina Watchman (Salisbury, N.C.), 8 December 1862 (Volume 20: number 29), page 2, column 3. Transcription: LINCOLN’S MESSAGE. Petersburg, Dec. 4.—The N. York Times, of the 2nd, has been received here. Lincoln’s message was read on … Continue reading
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Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Carolina Watchman, Emancipation Proclamation, newspapers
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13 November 1862: “So much for a little party.”
Item Description: a portion (text from columns 1 and 2; map and headlines from columns 3-4) of The New York Herald, 13 November 1862, page 1. Transcription: IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ADVANCE OF THE UNION FORCES. Combined Naval and Military … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 3rd New York Artillery, Belger's Brigade, Fort Branch, Hamilton NC, Maine, maps, newspapers, North Carolina, railroads, The New York Herald, Weldon, Williamston NC, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
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5 November 1862: “We know as a fact, that there were eleven white persons buried yesterday – ten at Oakdale Cemetery…”
Item description: Selected articles from the 5 November 1862 issue of the Weekly State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.), all relating to the yellow fever epidemic raging in the city of Wilmington, N.C. Item citation: Selected articles, Weekly State Journal, 5 November 1862. Raleigh, … Continue reading
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Tagged epidemics, newspapers, North Carolina, Weekly State Journal, Wilmington, yellow fever
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1 November 1862: “Nine States in the Black Confederacy will hold elections on the 4th of this month…”
Item description: A broadside printed on 1 November 1862 by the Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal. The document reports on an outbreak of yellow fever in the Wilmington area, Halloween, elections and other news from the North, reports of England’s and … Continue reading
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Tagged blockade, broadsides, disease, elections, England, France, Halloween, health, newspapers, North Carolina, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, yellow fever
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