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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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17 February 1863: “To arms, fellow citizens, come to share with us our dangers, our brilliant success, or our glorious death.”
Item Description: Letter, 17 February 1863, to the authorities and citizens of Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, warning of an impending attack on both cities, and Special Orders No. 44, issued to Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman, advising his brigade to prepare … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged call to arms, Charleston, clingman's brigade, Confederate Army, Confederate States of America, naval operations, Savannah, special orders, Thomas Lanier Clingman, United States Navy
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6 December 1862 “The Board will meet at your Head Quarters at 10 Oclock AM tomorrow for the examination of Officers of your command”
Item description: Orders, 6 December 1862, from Head Quarters in Wilmington to Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman. More about Thomas Lanier Clingman: T. L. (Thomas Lanier) Clingman (1812-1897) was a businessman; mountain explorer; legislator for North Carolina and the United … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged headquarters, special orders, surgeons, Thomas Lanier Clingman, Wilmington
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6 August 1862: “Officers in command of troops will be held pecuniarily responsible for damage done to private property by those under them…”
Item description: Special orders, No. 182, dated 6 August 1862. Item citation: Confederate States of America. Adjutant and Inspector-General’s Office. (1862). Special orders, no. 182. Richmond: [War Dept.]. Call # Conf. 1440, Rare Book Collection, Wilson Library. Item transcription: Adjutant … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged A.P. Mason, Jasper S. Whiting, orders, prisoner exchanges, private property, special orders
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