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Tag Archives: General P.G.T. Beauregard
14 January 1865: “After all what is the use of “putting men into the Army” whether they be white or black if we cannot keep them there?”
Item Description: Letter from William Porcher Miles to Gen. Beauregard about use of slaves as soldiers in Confederate Army. Miles goes back on his earlier idea of arming the slaves because he believes that will make them more likely to … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Confederate Army, Confederate conscription laws, General P.G.T. Beauregard, slaves, William Porcher Miles, William Porcher Miles Papers
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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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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
Posted in North Carolina Collection
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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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
20 May 1864: “If only the half of what we hear is true we have gained great and glorious victories.”
Item description: In this diary entry dated 20 May 1864, Samuel A. Agnew, a Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen in Tippah and Lee counties, Mississippi, noted confirmed victories at Spotsylvania and Drury’s Bluff and rumors of casualties and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Spotsylvania, Corinth (Miss.), Drury's Bluff, General Cadwallader C. Washburn, General John Sedgwick, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Nathaniel P. Banks, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General William T. Sherman, Memphis (Tenn.), Resaca (Ga.), rumors, Samuel A. Agnew, troop movements
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11 March 1864: “Beauregard has whipped the Yankees at Mud Creek (where is Mud Creek?)”
Item Description: In this entry dated 11 March 1864, Samuel Agnew, a Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen in Tippah and Lee counties, Mississippi, reported on some local disputes and third hand news of the war. Confederate Generals Lee, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Dalton (Ga.), Florida, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Nathaniel P. Banks, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General William T. Sherman, Mud Creek, Pearl River, Samuel A. Agnew, Virginia
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