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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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8 May 1863: “I have just passed through another of the bloodiest battles of the war.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 8 May 1863, from Corporal William H. Proffit to his parents. In this letter Cpl. Proffit provides some details of the the bloody battle on the Rappahannock River, as well as gives an account of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Chancellorsville, Proffit family, William Proffit
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28 March 1863: “I drop you a few lines to give you the sad news that brother Calvin is dead.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 28 March 1863, from Corporal William H. Proffit during his service in the Wilkes Valley Guards (Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment). In this letter Cpl. Proffit informs his family of the death of his brother, … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st North Carolina Regiment (CSA), camp life, death, disease, Lewis Fork, North Carolina, Proffit family, religion, William Proffit
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22 September 1862: “We lay all day next day behind a fense exposed to their sharp shooters & A.W. Dunkin was shot through the thigh.”
Item description: Letter, 22 September 1862, from Andrew J. Proffit, private in Company D, 18th Regiment N.C. Troops to his parents in Lewis Fork, Wilkes County, N.C. Andrew J. Proffit and his brother Alfred were conscripted into the Confederate Army … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, Andrew J. Proffit, Harper's Ferry, Maryland Campaign, North Carolina, Proffit family, Wilkes County
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11 June 1862: “The most intelligent men with whom I have conversed lately express the belief that the war will continue but a few more months.”
Item description: Letter, 11 June 1862, from Private William H. Proffit, Company B, 1st Regiment N.C. State Troops, to his brother Calvin L. Proffit, Wilkes County, North Carolina. Item citation: From folder 1 of the Proffit Family Letters, #3408-z, … Continue reading
