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- Buck Lawler on 26 March 1865: “We had a small fight at Petersburg yesterday”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Buck Lawler on 24 March 1865: “No matter if our country goes down tomorrow Lees name will stand first upon the pinnacle of fame, as the greatest of commanders living or dead.”
- Todd Kesselring on 22 March 1865: “I have just returned safe & sound from an expedition to Bentonville against Sherman”
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22 May 1862: “I hope you destroy my letters.”
Item description: Letter, 22 May 1862, from Lavinia Morrison Dabney at the Union Theological Seminary (Farmville, Va.) to her husband, Robert Lewis Dabney, who served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, first as a chaplain with the 18th Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Farmville Va., Fredericksburg, homefront, Lavinia Morrison Dabney, refugees, Richmond, Robert Lewis Dabney
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7 May 1862: “Whereas, At the time prescribed by law for listing taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were in the military service of their State and of the Confederate States…”
Item description: This ordinance, passed by North Carolina’s Secession Convention, instructs sheriffs to “collect only the single tax” (rather than a “double tax”) from soldiers who had failed to list their taxes in a timely manner due to military service. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged finances, home front, homefront, military service, North Carolina, Secession Convention, soldier conditions, taxes
Comments Off on 7 May 1862: “Whereas, At the time prescribed by law for listing taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were in the military service of their State and of the Confederate States…”
28 January 1862: “for while my pen moves over the paper my blood rushes in my veins. for roar roar roar so[u]nds on my ear and makes the very ground quiver and tremble where I sit.”
Item description: Letter, 28 January 1862, from Emmett Cole, a Union soldier in Company F, 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment, at Beaufort, S.C., to his friend Jo in Michigan. Cole’s letter comments on the noise of artillery firing; rumors of England … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 8th Michigan Infantry, Beaufort, cannon fire, Emmett Cole, England, General Isaac Stevens, Hilton Head, homefront, homesickness, Small Pox
Comments Off on 28 January 1862: “for while my pen moves over the paper my blood rushes in my veins. for roar roar roar so[u]nds on my ear and makes the very ground quiver and tremble where I sit.”
12 January 1862: “If there is an honorable road to get home, I shall spare no effort to find it as speedily as possible.”
Item description: Letter from Elisha Franklin Paxton to his wife, Elizabeth, dated 12 January 1862. Paxton is frustrated at being denied a furlough while other officers of equal rank have been receiving them. He informs his wife that he is … Continue reading
Posted in University Library
Tagged 27th Regiment, commissioned officers, Elisha Franklin Paxton, furlough, homefront, resignations, soldier conditions, Unger's Store, Virginia, Virginia Volunteers
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16 November 1861: “The recommendation of the President of the Confederate States…appears to have been very generally complied with by our people and churches.”
Item description: On the 16 November 1861, the Wilmington Daily Journal reported on the day of “fasting, humiliation and prayer” that occurred the day before. According to the paper, the town’s residents and business’s “entered sincerely into the spirit of … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged commerce, day of fasting and prayer, home front, homefront, prayer, religion, religious beliefs, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
Comments Off on 16 November 1861: “The recommendation of the President of the Confederate States…appears to have been very generally complied with by our people and churches.”
14 November 1861: “The President of the Confederate States having appointed Friday, the 15th inst., as a day of ‘fasting, humiliation and prayer’…”
Item description: In the Wilmington Daily Journal of 14 November 1861, this notice from John Dawson, mayor of Wilmington, was posted. The notice states that God is the only hope “to achieve success in the great struggle for liberty and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged day of fasting and prayer, fasting, home front, homefront, Jefferson Davis, John Dawson, prayer, religion, religious beliefs, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
Comments Off on 14 November 1861: “The President of the Confederate States having appointed Friday, the 15th inst., as a day of ‘fasting, humiliation and prayer’…”
13 November 1861: “We understand that the Independent Light Infantry and the LaFayette Light Infantry, of Fayetteville, are expected to arrive…”
Item description: In this piece from 13 November 1861, the editors of the Wilmington Daily Journal announce the arrival of two units of North Carolina soldiers, who are on their way home from Virginia. Item citation: The Daily Journal. 13 … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged home front, homefront, Independent Light Infantry, LaFayette Light Infantry, newspapers, travel, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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12 November 1861: “Will Lincoln back out or will he not? Upon this depends the future character of this struggle.”
Item description: In this piece from 12 November 1861, the editors of the Wilmington Daily Journal examine which way the current war will unfold. They ask if it will be “confined to the operations of large bodies acting strategically for … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, editorials, home front, homefront, letters of marque, naval, newspapers, piracy, prisoners-of-war, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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25 September 1861: “Many of us have been in service as long as four months, and neither officers or men of this regiment have received one cent of pay.”
Item description: Letter to Dennis Heartt, editor of the Hillsborough Recorder, from a soldier in the Sixth Regiment of North Carolina State Troops. In the letter, which was written on 10 September 1861 from Camp Jones, near Bristoe Station, Virginia, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 6th Regiment, bounty pay, Dennis Heartt, family, finances, homefront, North Carolina, North Carolina Troops, pay, soldier conditions, The Hillsborough Recorder
Comments Off on 25 September 1861: “Many of us have been in service as long as four months, and neither officers or men of this regiment have received one cent of pay.”