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- Lance McDonald on 26 March 1863: “Ah what changes since then…”
- Lance McDonald on 20 March 1863: “…will you do me the favor to have the boy placed in jail before he is aware that the Dr. doesn’t get him, or I fear he will run off before I can get him.”
- Lance McDonald on 17 March 1863: “I have a frail good for nothing body, but I have more heart for the work than some of these big fellows…”
- 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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27 January 1863: “…he heard that there was 100 negroes to hire out in Winston…”"
Item description: Letter, 27 January 1863 from Emanuel Fisher to a member of the Pettigrew family, presumably Charles Lockhart Pettigrew, reporting on the condition of the slaves hired out by the addressee through Mr. Fisher for work in the Winston, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Lockhart Pettigru, childbirth, food, High Point, hiring out of slaves, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, slaves, Winston
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19 January 1863: “Jack and family I left at Mocksville Venus was not in a condition to be moved…”
Item description: Letter, 19 January 1863, from John A. Campbell to William S. Pettigrew. The letter details Campbell’s attempts to move and hire out Pettigrew’s slaves in and around Winston, North Carolina. Item Citation: From folder 261 of the Pettigrew … Continue reading
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Tagged hiring out of slaves, John A. Campbell, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, slavery, William S. Pettigrew, Winston
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16 January 1863: “Allen informs me that himself and his family have not, as yet, received all the clothing due them for the past year.”
Item description: Letter, 16 January 1863, from William S. Pettigrew to Dr. A. Palmer regarding the hire of a family of Pettigrew’s slaves. Item Citation: From folder 261 of the Pettigrew Family Papers #592, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
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Tagged clothing, hiring out of slaves, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, William S. Pettigrew, winter
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14 January 1863: “I am for ending it at once by hanging every Yankee caught after this, dating back to 1st Jany.”
Item description: Letter, 14 January 1863, from D.G. Cowand to William S. Pettigrew. Item citation: From the Pettigrew Family Papers #592, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Hd. Qrs. 32nd Regt. N.C.T. … Continue reading
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Tagged D.G. Cowand, oath of allegiance, Pettigrew family, William S. Pettigrew
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14 October 1862: “I was also informed that his negroes were very much averse to leaving, and that 30 of them had run away, in consequence of their having been informed by the disloyal men around them”
Item description: Two letters, dated 14 October 1862, from William Pettigrew. One letter is to his brother Charles Pettigrew and the other letter is to an unknown recipient, possibly a Mr. Bryan. After the fall of Roanoke Island in 1862, William and … Continue reading
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Tagged Charles Pettigrew, Chatham County, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, runaways, slavery, slaves, William Pettigrew
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11 October 1862: “Capt. Craddock will please carry my negroes as far up as Rocky Mount”
Item description: Letter, 11 October 1862, from William S. Pettigrew to Captain James Craddock, making plans to meet in Rocky Mount, N.C., so that Pettigrew could take possession of his slaves. [Please see the post for 1 October 1862 for more information … Continue reading
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Tagged forced marches, forced migration, James Craddock, Pettigrew family, Rocky Mount, Scuppernong, slavery, slaves, Tyrrell County N.C., William S. Pettigrew
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4 October 1862: “I much regretted to learn that Mr. Foushee was so much dissatisfied with the bargain he had made with me for my negroes & mules.”
Item description: Letter, 4 October 1862, from William S. Pettigrew, Haywood, Chatham County, N.C., to William Campbell, Watson’s Bridge, N.C. During this period in the war, William S. Pettigrew was consolidating many of his slaves from his plantations in Union-occupied … Continue reading
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Tagged Chatham County, Haywood Plantation, hiring out of slaves, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, William S. Pettigrew
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1 October 1862: “When there we will seize the negroes at night & leave immediately with them for the mouth of the River & there set sail for the Bertie shore, & thence direct to the up-country.”
Item description: Letter, 1 October 1862, from William S. Pettigrew (1818-1900), Haywood Plantation, Chatham County, N.C., to his sister, Anne B. S. Pettigrew (1830-1864), Raleigh, N.C. In the letter, William Pettigrew explains his reasons for not enlisting in the Confederate service … Continue reading
5 July 1862: “…better give a 1000 Yankees (including all the Gen’ls lately taken) than lose one of such inestimable value as your dear Brother”
Item description: Letter from M. Marshal to Mary Pettigrew, 5 July 1862. Mrs. Marshall notes her pleasure at finding that General Pettigrew, Mary’s brother, was not killed in battle but is captured, and wishes his safe return. She goes on … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Seven Pines, Halifax Light Infantry, James Johnston Pettigrew, Mary Pettigrew, Pettigrew family
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27 June 1862: “he says he fears a famine for the country. isn’t it a fearful prospect?”
Item description: Letter, 27 June 1862, from Jane Caroline North Pettigrew (wife of Charles Lockhart Pettigrew) to her brother-in-law, William S. Pettigrew. The letter illustrates how dispersed the Pettigrew family has become at this point in the war. The writer, … Continue reading
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Tagged body servants, Charles Pettigrew, Chatham County, Cherry Hill Plantation, home front, James Johnston Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, plantations, slavery, slaves, South Carolina, William S. Pettigrew
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