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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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3 April 1863: “The house servant that you wanted to buy, when down, I have not seen one that is for sale that I thought would suit.”
Item description: Note, 3 April 1863, to Ann McNeely of Salisbury, N.C., from W.T. Gilmore about the sale of cotton and the purchase of a house servant. Item citation: From folder 6 of the Macay and McNeely Family Papers #447, Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, house slaves, McNeely family, North Carolina, prices, Salisbury, scarcity, servants, slaves, W.T. Gilmore
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19 March 1863: “It makes a man feel strong to know that he is all the world to somebody”
Item Description: Letter,19 March 1863, from Charles W. Hill, serving with the 5th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry in New Bern, N.C., to his wife Martha Hill in West Medway, Mass. Letter mentions military movements of his regiment and brigade, dislike of a superior officer’s … Continue reading
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Tagged 5th Massachusetts volunteer infantry, African Americans, Charles W. Hill, James Johnston Pettigrew, love letters, New Bern, servants, soldiers' pay, United States Army
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4 January 1863: “For such a servant, I would gladly give $2500.”
Item description: Letter, 4 January 1863, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. More about Jeremy Francis Gilmer: Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in Guilford County, N.C., on 23 February 1818. He entered the United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Georgia, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, Savannah, servants, slavery, slaves
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1 October 1861: “And I immediately commenced casting about for a servant to send to you.”
Item description: William S. Pettigrew to James Johnston Pettigrew, 1 October 1861 When Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew wrote to his family back home in North Carolina requesting that a servant be sent to him, William S. Pettigrew hastened to send Peter, one … Continue reading
11 August 1861: “With some pains and a few good whippings he would make a valuable servant.”
Item description: Letter from John Kimberly, Chapel Hill, N.C., to his wife Bettie, in Nashville, Tenn. Kimberly reports on household matters, such as the note, “I am having shelves made for my old wardrobe to use for a cupboard.” He … Continue reading
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Tagged Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill, home front, John Kimberly, Kimberly family, Nashville, North Carolina, servants, slavery, slaves, Tennessee
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