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Category Archives: North Carolina Collection
14 June 1864: “We must be prepared for some reverses and some ugly blows at that.”
Item Description: “About Richmond’ (editorial), The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 14 June 1864. Transcription: General LEE, for two years past, has exhibited iron endurance, and has kept the field with a constancy almost without parallel. It is known that, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, Lynchburg, Virginia
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13 June 1864: “So Gov. Vance carries a travelling suite with him.”
Item Description: editorial, The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N. C.), 13 June 1864. Transcription: GOV., VANCE: IN CHARLOTTE.-Our gallant townsman, J. L. Morehead, Esq., had the honor of entertaining the Governor and suite while in this place.— We learn that the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged family, Governor Zebulon Vance, politics, soldier conditions, William W. Holden
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12 June 1864: “I am, with the assistance of an engineer officer, Lieutenant [W. R.] King, of the Army, placing torpedoes in the Roanoke River, to be exploded by friction matches.”
Item description: A report from acting Rear Admiral Samuel P. Lee concerning “the placing and trial of torpedoes for defense against the C. S. ram Albemarle.” Item transcription: Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, transmitting a report regarding … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Albemarle Sound, batteries, Confederate Navy, CSS Albemarle, Gideon Welles, Melancton Smith, naval, naval operations, reports, Roanoke River, S.P. Lee, submarines, torpedo, United States Navy
Comments Off on 12 June 1864: “I am, with the assistance of an engineer officer, Lieutenant [W. R.] King, of the Army, placing torpedoes in the Roanoke River, to be exploded by friction matches.”
11 June 1864: “. . . little opportunity is given for bestowing upon the soldiers the attention they so much need.”
Item Description: “Along the Line of the Railroad” (editorial), The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 11 June 1864. Transcription: THE DAILY JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C., SATURDAY, JUNE 11, 1864. The time at which the train from … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged soldier conditions, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad, wounded soldiers
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10 June 1864: “Soon their spirit would rise with the occasion, . . .”
Item Description: editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 10 June 1864. Transcription: THE DAILY JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY JUNE 10, 1864. THE YANKEES and the Yankee papers, who are, to a great extent their … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederacy, General Robert E. Lee, Jefferson Davis, newspapers
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8 June 1864: “Foreign Generals.”
Item Description: “Foreign Generals,” (editorial), The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 8 June 1864. Transcription: THE DAILY JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C., WEDNESDAY, JUNE 8, 1864. Foreign Generals. It is a somewhat noticeable fact that of the … Continue reading
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Tagged Brigadier General Joseph Finnegan, Celtic, Collett Leventhorpe, foreigners, General P.G.T. Beauregard, George St. Leger Grenfell, Germans, Irish, Jefferson Davis, John Mitchell, Major General Patrick Cleburne, Michael Corcoran, Red Republicans, Thomas Francis Meagher
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6 June 1864: “We regret to learn that on Thursday afternoon, or evening, Lt. J. L. Johnston, C.S.N., attached to this station, came to his death by drowning…”
Item description: A death notice for Lt. J. L. Johnston of the Confederate States Navy. Lt. Johnston drowned off the North Carolina coast, near Fort Caswell. Item Transcription: DEATH OF LT. J. L. JOHNSTON We regret to learn that on … Continue reading
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Tagged Confederate Navy, death notifications, Fort Caswell, Lt. J. L. Johnston, newspaper, newspapers, shipwreck, Steamer Equator, Steamer Georgina McCall, steamers, The Daily Journal, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, Wilmington (NC)
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5 June 1864: “I have your private note stating that Colonel Jourdan proposes to attack Wilmington.”
Item description: A letter from acting Rear Admiral Samuel Phillips Lee to Commander A. G. Clary of the U.S.S. Dacotah transmitting a copy of a confidential letter (previously sent to Captain Benjamin F. Sands) concerning a proposed attack upon Fort … Continue reading
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Tagged A. G. Clary, Benjamin F. Sands, coastal areas, coastal defenses, Fort Fisher, James River, naval, naval operations, S.P. Lee, United States Navy, US Navy, Wilmington, Wilmington (NC)
Comments Off on 5 June 1864: “I have your private note stating that Colonel Jourdan proposes to attack Wilmington.”
3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
Item: Transcription: THE DAILY JOURNAL. CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA. WILMINGTON, N. C., FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1864. FOR some reason we are for two days without mails from Richmond, our latest letter or newspaper dates from that city not coming down … Continue reading
2 June 1864: “ALL PASSES without exception, that have been given to persons to visit the Banks and fish in the Sounds, are hereby revoked.”
Item description: These are notices that appeared on 2 June 1864 in The Daily Journal of Wilmington, North Carolina. The first notice deals with the passenger lists of ships running the Union blockade, and the second with the revocation of … Continue reading
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Tagged A. Vanderhorst, blockade, blockade running, boarding, coastal areas, coastal defenses, fishing, General William Whiting, headquarters, home front, homefront, James H. Hill, Louis Hebert, naval operations, newspapers, North Carolina, notices, passenger lists, passes, passport, passports, sounds, The Daily Journal, Virginia, William H. C. Whiting, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, Wilmington (NC)
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