Posted in Artifact of the Month, From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This newspaper article mentioned in the July Artifact of the Month post contains the transcript of a letter written by Union Private Samuel Patton to his wife, Nellie. Published in The Wooster Daily Record in Ohio on January 20, 1938, Patton’s letter includes many observations and details about his surroundings in 1863 central southern Tennessee. [...]
Posted in Artifact of the Month, From the Stacks, History, Tar Heelia on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
This silk curtain from the North Carolina Collection Gallery dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. It hung in Confederate General Braxton Bragg’s carriage but somehow ended up in the hands of a Union private in mid-1863. To know the story, read on… As mentioned in the post about the Braggs of North Carolina, Braxton Bragg [...]
Posted in Just A Bite, tagged jesse bynum, john quincy adams, joseph wheelan, kenneth rayner, rice garland, william montgomery on July 15, 2011 | Leave a Comment »
“[In 1840], as now, violence was a common feature of American life. There were even fistfights in Congress: North Carolina Congressman Jesse Bynum crossed the chamber to ‘grossly insult’ Louisiana Representative Rice Garland, who punched Bynum, igniting a ‘fisticuff bout’ until they were separated. …. Ten days later North Carolina Congressmen Kenneth Rayner and William [...]
