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Tag Archives: children
23 November 1864: “If Eva would only love, but I don’t think she does”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 23 November 1864 by Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about her difficulties with teaching and the dynamics of her family. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #1258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
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Tagged children, family, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, teachers, teaching
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15 November 1864: “I do not take that lively interest in writing that I used to”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 15 November 1864, written by Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about her social engagements and activities of the past week. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #1258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged children, gardening, letter writing, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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9 November 1864: “the election day in the United States, what a struggle it must have been!”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 9 November 1864, written by Sarah Lois Wadley. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #1258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item Transcription: Wednesday, Nov. 9th. 1864 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged children, diaries, diary, election, elections, gardening, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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23 October 1863: “Be Kind to the Soldier”
Item Description: “Be Kind to the Soldier.” (newspaper editorial) Semi-weekly North-Carolina Standard (Raleigh), 23 October 1863. Transcription: Be Kind to the Soldier. The Editor of the Biblical Recorder, in his account of his recent journey to the Western part of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged charity, children, furlough, Governor Zebulon Vance, Guilford County (N.C.), newspapers, relief societies, slaves, soldiers' pay, western north carolina, wives
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14 October 1863: “The President has been here for some time…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 14 October 1863, from Lafayette McLaws to his wife. He discusses a visit from President Jefferson Davis, family affairs, weather, and troop movements. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 8 of the Lafayette McLaws … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Chattanooga (T.N.), Chicamauga River, children, food shortage, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette McLaws, rain, rations, shoes, Tennessee River, weather
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10 September 1863: “Carrie is well, has never been sick, is a bright lively, intelligent little child, has four teeth, and begins to talk and walk.”
Item description: Letter, 10 September 1863, from Edmund Kirby Smith to his mother Frances Kirby Smith. More about Edmund Kirby Smith: Edmund Kirby-Smith (1824-1893) was a United States Army officer, Confederate Army general, president of the University of Nashville, and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged children, Edmund Kirby-Smith, family, Frances Kirby Smith, Louisiana, Shreveport, Texas
Comments Off on 10 September 1863: “Carrie is well, has never been sick, is a bright lively, intelligent little child, has four teeth, and begins to talk and walk.”
12 August 1863: “…no one seems to think of marriage, the times being too hard.”
Item description: Letter, dated 12 August 1863, from Lafayette McLaws to his wife. In this letter he discusses the various talents of their children and the family on whose farm his division is camped. Item citation: From folder 8, Lafayette … Continue reading
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Tagged children, Lafayette McLaws, marriage, Robert E. Lee, women
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4 February 1863: “The right snug hostelry of Mary Lee, a free colored woman and an excellent cook, was the centre of attraction, being thronged with officers, naval and military, all day.”
Item description: Published letter, dated 4 February 1863, 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 Nine … Continue reading
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Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, children, family, free people of color, Massachusetts, North Carolina, published accounts, Zenas T. Haines
Comments Off on 4 February 1863: “The right snug hostelry of Mary Lee, a free colored woman and an excellent cook, was the centre of attraction, being thronged with officers, naval and military, all day.”
18 January 1863: “I made twelve garments last week and worked sixty-two button holes and sewed on as many buttons. Can you equal that?”
Item description: Letter, 18 January 1863, from Bettie Maney Kimberly, Chapel Hill, N.C., to her sister, Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta, Ga. Item citation: From the John Kimberly Papers #398, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney, Atlanta, Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill, children, Georgia, home front, Kimberly family, North Carolina, women
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10 October 1862: “She is a little fat creature, & only weighs six pounds. her eyes are very dark blue, I think they will be like yours.”
Item description: Letter, 10 October 1862, from Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith to her husband Gen. Edmund Kirby-Smith describing the birth of their daughter, Caroline. At the time of the letter, Kirby-Smith was commanding the Army of East Tennessee in the invasion … Continue reading
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Tagged babies, Cassie Selden Kirby-Smith, children, Edmund Kirby-Smith, home front, Kentucky, Kentucky Campaign, Lynchburg, midwives, women
Comments Off on 10 October 1862: “She is a little fat creature, & only weighs six pounds. her eyes are very dark blue, I think they will be like yours.”