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Tag Archives: arms
25 January 1865: “the only noble, honourable one a young man can now be engaged in, that is in active service for his country”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 25 January 1865 by Sarah Lois Wadley. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #01258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Wednesday, Jan. 25th. 1865. Father … Continue reading
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Tagged arms, letter writing, letters, reading, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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26 November 1864: “…accoutrements brought into our lines by deserters from the enemy will be turned over to Brigade Ord. officers and taken up in their property…”
Item Description: Memorandum, dated 26 November 1864, issued by the Confederate War Department, concerning ordinances confiscated or recovered from deserters. Item Citation: Folder 18, T.L. Clingman Papers, #00157, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
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Tagged arms, clingman's brigade, deserters, Hector McKeithan, ordnances
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12 August 1862: “They would be of great-service here enabling me to assist vessels running the blockade and drive off the blockaders.”
Item description: Letter, 12 August 1862, from Col. George A. Cunningham, Commandant of Fort Caswell (N.C.), to Col. Collett Leventhorpe, colonel of the 11th North Carolina (and in charge of the defenses for the District of Wilmington). Item citation: From … Continue reading
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Tagged 11th North Carolina Regiment, arms, blockade, blockade running, Collett Leventhorpe, Fort Caswell, Fort Fisher, forts, George A. Cunningham, Thomas Lanier Clingman, Wilmington
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27 December 1861: “In my individual command we have not even a Pistol to defend us.”
Item description: A letter, 27 December 1861, from Captain Charles E. Kanapaux of the Wagner Light Artillery, Palmetto Battalion, to William Porcher Miles, a member of the Confederate Congress. Kanapaux implored Miles to use his influence to secure arms for … Continue reading
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Tagged arms, Charles E. Kanapaux, Palmetto Battalion Light Artillery, Wagner Light Artillery, William Porcher Miles
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