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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 July 1861: “I enclose a photograph of my son, though very poorly taken. If dead it may be the means of designating his body.”
Item description: Letter, dated 29 July 1861, from David King, M.D., of Newport, R.I., to Col. William Porcher Miles, C.S.A., regarding the fate of his wounded son, Theodore Wheaton King, a private with Company F of the 1st Rhode Island … Continue reading
17 April 1861: Two stereo views of Fort Sumter
Item description: Two stereo views depicting the interior of Fort Sumter following the 14 April 1861 surrender of the fort. These pictures are attributed to the Charleston photographic establishment of “Osborn & Durbec’s Southern Stereoscopic and Photographic Depot,” operated by … Continue reading
