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Tag Archives: Books
26 October 1862: “Most all of us came to the conclusion that North Carolina was a tough place, barren and desolate, and hardly worth the cost of fighting for it.”
Item description: Portions of Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina, an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Masachusetts Infantry Regiment. The book, … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Books, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, published diaries, ships, steamers
Comments Off on 26 October 1862: “Most all of us came to the conclusion that North Carolina was a tough place, barren and desolate, and hardly worth the cost of fighting for it.”
25 October 1862: “On board these two steamers are three thousand soldiers with arms and accoutrements. We are the same as defenceless.”
Item description: Published letter, dated 25 October 1862, written by Corporal Zenas T. Haines, Company D, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The letter is an excerpt from Haines’ account, Letters from the Forty-Fourth Regiment M.V.M.: A Record of the Experience of a … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Books, Company E, John Jasper Wyeth, Massachusetts, North Carolina, published accounts, ships, steamers, United States Navy, Zenas T. Haines
Comments Off on 25 October 1862: “On board these two steamers are three thousand soldiers with arms and accoutrements. We are the same as defenceless.”
24 October 1862: “Last night, about nine o’clock, we passed through Vineyard Sound, and saw the last of Old Massachusetts, of which we shall probably see nothing for nearly a year.”
Item description: Portions of “Leaves from a Diary Written While Serving in Co. E, 44 Mass., Dep’t of No. Carolina,” an account, written by John Jasper Wyeth of Co. E, of the experiences of the 44th Masachusetts Infantry Regiment. The … Continue reading
19 August 1861: “If we are to winter near the Potomac, I think I will certainly need flannel drawers, but not until the winter-season fairly sets in.”
Item description: In this letter of 19 August 1861 to his family, Charles Woodward Hutson comments on the large number of cases of typhoid fever and other ailments plaguing his fellow soldiers, noting, “too many suffer from a disease still … Continue reading
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Tagged Army of the Potomac, Books, care packages, Charles Woodward Hutson, home front, illness, Maginn's Miscellanies, socks, stationery, supplies, thyphoid fever, William Maginn, winter
Comments Off on 19 August 1861: “If we are to winter near the Potomac, I think I will certainly need flannel drawers, but not until the winter-season fairly sets in.”
9 July 1861: “I do not think we will leave here for some time yet, as the whole regiment has to be uniformed with state dress.”
Item description: Entry from the book, Forget-me-nots of the Civil War: A Romance, Containing Reminiscences and Original Letters of Two Confederate Soldiers, by Laura Elizabeth Lee Battle. Cover of Forget-me-nots of the Civil War. Illustration, p. 42: George. p. 43. … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, North Carolina
Comments Off on 9 July 1861: “I do not think we will leave here for some time yet, as the whole regiment has to be uniformed with state dress.”