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Monthly Archives: July 2011
31 July 1861: “Students who were with us at the opening of the present year are now to be found in arms under the banners of every State in the Confederacy…”
Item description: Circular letter, 31 July 1861, from UNC President David Swain to students discouraging them from enlisting in the Confederate Army. Since 1795, he writes, nothing had occurred to cause the university to close, and he did not anticipate … Continue reading
Posted in University Archives
Tagged Chapel Hill, David Swain, enlistment, military service, students, University of North Carolina
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30 July 1861: “A resolution to dispose of donations made by certain Churches on the late Fast Day.”
Item description: Resolution (approved on 30 July 1861) concerning the disposition of financial donations made to the Confederate States of America by Southern churches, as published in “The Statutes at Large of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States of … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged churches, Confederate Congress, day of fasting and prayer, donations, Provisional Congress, Provisional Government of the Confederate States of America, resolutions
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29 July 1861: “I enclose a photograph of my son, though very poorly taken. If dead it may be the means of designating his body.”
Item description: Letter, dated 29 July 1861, from David King, M.D., of Newport, R.I., to Col. William Porcher Miles, C.S.A., regarding the fate of his wounded son, Theodore Wheaton King, a private with Company F of the 1st Rhode Island … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 1st Regiment of the Rhode Island Volunteers, casualties, David King, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, photographs, prisoners-of-war, Rhode Island, Theodore Wheaton King, William Porcher Miles
Comments Off on 29 July 1861: “I enclose a photograph of my son, though very poorly taken. If dead it may be the means of designating his body.”
28 July 1861: “My heart exults over the victory at Manassas.”
Item description: Letter from John Kimberly, Chapel Hill, N.C., to his wife Bettie in Nashville, Tenn. John Kimberly was a professor of chemistry and agriculture at the University of North Carolina, 1857-1864 and 1875-1876. It is unclear why Bettie Kimberly … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill, dissemination of news, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, home front, John Kimberly, Kimberly family, Nashville, newspapers, North Carolina, Tennessee
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27 July 1861: “today I snatched time to ride with the two Generals and their staffs to look at and criticize the positions of the armies in the fight. The smell of the field was awful…”
Item description: Letter, 27 July 1861, from Edward Porter Alexander to his wife in which he addresses matters about which she had written him before, namely her missing trunk. Turning to matters of his own, he discusses his promotion to … Continue reading
25 July 1861: “Our Col., Capt., and Gen. Richardson are trying their their best to get papers made out to hold us for two yrs.”
Item description: Letter, 25 July 1861, from William Ray Wells, private in the 12th New York Infantry Regiment (“Onondaga Regiment”), to his family. In his previous letter (23 July 1861), Wells described his separation from his regiment following the Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 12th New York Infantry Regiment, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, Onondaga Regiment, postage, Washington (D.C.), William Ray Wells
Comments Off on 25 July 1861: “Our Col., Capt., and Gen. Richardson are trying their their best to get papers made out to hold us for two yrs.”
24 July 1861: “We fear that the reported death of Col. Fisher, of the Sixth Regiment of North Carolina State Troops, is only too true.”
Item description: A selection of articles from The Daily Journal (Wilmington, North Carolina) reporting on news from the First Battle of Bull Run (Manassas). Topics covered include the death of Colonel Charles F. Fisher, news reports from Richmond, actions by … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged battle, celebrations, Col. Charles F. Fisher, First Battle of Bull Run, First Battle of Manassas, troops, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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22 July 1861: “I have been in a great & bloody battle & am wounded. Do not be at all alarmed…”
Item description: This letter, dated 22 July 1861, was written by Charles Hutson to his mother and father following the battle of Manassas. Hutson, recuperating from the wound he received, gives a vivid description of the first major battle of … Continue reading