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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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16 November 1861: “The recommendation of the President of the Confederate States…appears to have been very generally complied with by our people and churches.”
Item description: On the 16 November 1861, the Wilmington Daily Journal reported on the day of “fasting, humiliation and prayer” that occurred the day before. According to the paper, the town’s residents and business’s “entered sincerely into the spirit of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged commerce, day of fasting and prayer, home front, homefront, prayer, religion, religious beliefs, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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15 November 1861: ” “Come behold the works of the Lord, what desolations He hath made in the earth. He maketh wars to cease unto the end of the earth; He breaketh to bow, and cutteth the spear in sunder; He burneth the chariot in the fire…”
Item description: God in the War. A Sermon Delivered before the Legislature of Georgia, in the Capitol at Milledgeville, on Friday, November 15, 1861, Being a Day Set apart for Fasting, Humiliation and Prayer, by his Excellency the President of … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged day of fasting and prayer, Georgia, Henry H. Tucker, Milledgeville, ministers, religion, religious beliefs, sermons
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14 November 1861: “The President of the Confederate States having appointed Friday, the 15th inst., as a day of ‘fasting, humiliation and prayer’…”
Item description: In the Wilmington Daily Journal of 14 November 1861, this notice from John Dawson, mayor of Wilmington, was posted. The notice states that God is the only hope “to achieve success in the great struggle for liberty and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged day of fasting and prayer, fasting, home front, homefront, Jefferson Davis, John Dawson, prayer, religion, religious beliefs, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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14 July 1861: “The Communion was administered to the white members and then to the negroes; I thought the Communion of the negroes was very affecting…”
Item description: Sarah Lois Wadley was the daughter of William Morrill Wadley (1812?-1882) and Rebecca Barnard Everingham Wadley (fl. 1840-1884) and lived with her family in homes near Amite in Tangipahoa Parish, Monroe and Oakland in Ouachita Parish, La., and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged African Americans, churches, home front, ladies' relief societies, Louisiana, Ouachita Parish, religion, Sarah Lois Wadley, segregation, Vicksburg, Wadley family, women
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13 June 1861: “Separate thyself, I pray thee, from me”
Item description: Sermon delivered by the Reverend Daniel I. Dreher in response to a call for a day of humiliation and prayer by the president of the Confederate States of America. Item transcription: SERMON. “And Abraham said unto Lot, let … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Concord, Daniel I Dreher, ministers, religion, secession, sermons, St. James' Church
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30 April 1861: Articles from The Daily Journal (Wilmington, North Carolina)
Item description: A selection of articles from The Daily Journal (Wilmington, North Carolina) for 30 April 1861. Topics include: the sale of a slave family; reaction to secession from merchants in New York; packages and mail sent to soldiers; discord … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged anti-secessionism, military manuals, militias, mobilization, New York, newspapers, North Carolina, Philadelphia, religion, secession, slavery, slaves, troops, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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