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- Tom Lamkin on 16 June 1863: “…I tell you we are going to give it to them this time…”
- 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles fro... on 26 May 1863: “About five or six miles from Kinston our Brigade formed line of battle and commenced advan-cing on the Yankees…”
- 18 May 1863: “We shall look for further news from that quarter with much interest.” | Civil War Day by Day on 12 May 1863: “In accepting your resignation as Military Governor of North Carolina, I cannot but express my regret that the Government, in this trying hour, should lose the benefit of your able and patriotic service.”
- Katherine on 9 May 1863: “Twas a splendid charge, straight forward for two miles, while their cannon were pouring an iron hail into our ranks.”
- 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.”
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8 August 1862: “Twenty-five dollars reward will be paid for her apprehension, and Twenty-five for the detection of any person harboring her.”
Item description: “Rewards,” selected newspaper advertisements published in the 8 August 1862 issue of the Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal. Item citation: Selected advertisements,The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 8 August 1862. North Carolina Collection call number: C071 Z. Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged advertisements, deserters, newspapers, reward notices, runaway ad, runaways, slave ads, slavery, slaves, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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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
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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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19 June 1862: “your acquaintance with the hire of servants in the camp renders you much more competent than myself to decide as to what would be just both to yourself & to his owner.”
Item description: Letter, 19 June 1862, from William S. Pettigrew to Lieutenant Louis Gourdin Young, aid-de-camp to William’s brother, General James Johnston Pettigrew, concerning the fate of the General’s body servant Peter. Peter had been sent in October 1861 to … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged body servants, Chatham County, James Johnston Pettigrew, Louis Gourdin Young, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, Scuppernong, slavery, slaves, William Pettigrew
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10 June 1862: “…i Did not know whare you ware my Dear mis i that the few Lines may find you well…”
Item description: Letter, 10 June 1862, from William Henry Thurber, a slave owned by the DeRosset family of Wilmington, N.C. Item citation: From the DeRosset Family Papers #214, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged DeRosset family, New Hanover County, North Carolina, slave letters, slavery, slaves, William Henry Thurber, Wilmington
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7 June 1862: “That Genl. Pettigrew was a prisoner; and although severly wounded yet his wounds are not dangerous & he is doing well.”
Item description: Letter, 7 June 1862, from William S. Pettigrew to his brother Charles L. Pettigrew. William gives an update on the fate of his brother, General James Johnston Pettigrew, who was thought to have been slain at the Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Seven Pines, body servants, Charles Pettigrew, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, Virginia, William Pettigrew
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2 June 1862: “Peter shall be as well cared for as if the General were alive. His grief at the loss of the General is most touching & draws out the sympathies of all of us.”
Item description: Letter, dated 2 June 1862, from Louis Gourdin Young, aide-de-camp to Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew (CSA). The letter appears to be addressed to the General’s brother, William S. Pettigrew. In his message, Young delivers a report on … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Seven Pines, body servants, casualties, James Johnston Pettigrew, Louis Gourdin Young, Peninsula Campaign, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, Virginia, William Pettigrew
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31 May 1862: “That fifteen lashes be inflicted upon any colored man or woman, who, for the sake of convenience, and unaccompanied by any white person, may walk on forbidden ground…”
Item description: At the 31 May 1862 meeting of the Philanthropic Society, a committee recommended passage of the following law: “That fifteen lashes be inflicted upon any colored man or woman, who, for the sake of convenience, and unaccompanied by … Continue reading
Posted in University Archives
Tagged African Americans, campus, Chapel Hill, laws, legal matters, literary societies, North Carolina, Philanthropic Society, slavery, University of North Carolina
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23 April 1862: “The Negroes are getting off from here in crowds”
Item description: Letter from William C. Wood to his brother, Edward Wood, reporting on the ambiguous accounts of the Battle of South Mills in Camden County, N.C., and warning him to “watch his boats” since others in the area had … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of South Mills, contraband slaves, Edward Wood, runaways, slavery, slaves, William C. Wood, Wilmington
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24 March 1862: “$25 REWARD WILL BE PAID FOR the apprehension or delivery of a mulatto boy belonging to my mother.”
Item description: 24 March 1862 advertisement placed by Raleigh druggist Peter F. Pescud on behalf of his mother, Susan Brooke Pescud, offering a $25 reward for a runaway slave, printed in the 1 April 1862 issue of the Register (Raleigh, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged advertisements, newspapers, North Carolina, Peter F. Pescud, Raleigh, Raleigh Register, runaway ad, slave ad, slavery, slaves, Susan Brooke Pescud
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21 March 1862: You wrote to me to know if I wanted any thing to write for it I do not want any thing but a pair of shoes
Item Description: Letter of 21 March 1862, from Richard Godwin Joyner to his mother, Julia Joyner. This brief and slight letter home is meant to reassure his family that all was well and to request a better pair of shoes. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged camp life, Goldsboro, Gunboats, Jenner Pearce, Joyner Family, Julia Joyner, Leondus Spencer, Richard Godwin Joyner, slavery
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