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Tag Archives: Jeremy Francis Gilmer
30 April 1864: Map “Jenkins Ferry, April 30 1864”
Item Description: “Jenkins Ferry, April 30 1864” (map), [Captain Richard Morton Venable, chief, Topographical Bureau for the District of West Louisiana and Arkansas, Confederate States Army]. Note: On April 29 and 30, 1864, Union troops fended an attack by Confederates … Continue reading
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Tagged Jenkins Ferry, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, maps
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14 March 1864: Maps of Fort DeRussy on the Red River, Louisiana
Item description: Maps, dated 1864, from the Jeremy Francis Gilmer Collection depicting Fort DeRussy and the Red River in Louisiana. Fort DeRussy fell to Union forces during the Red River Campaign on 14 March 1864. Item citation: Fort DeRussy and … Continue reading
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Tagged Fort DeRussy, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisiana, maps
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9 December 1863: Drawings of Fort Sumter given to Jeremy F. Gilmer by General P. G. T. Beauregard
Item description: Printed pictures on board backgrounds, dated 9 December 1863, of Fort Sumter from Gilmer Maps collection. Both drawings were given to Jeremy Francis Gilmer by General G. T. Beauregard. The two images depict a view looking from the … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston (S.C.), Confederate Navy, Fort Sumter, Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, South Carolina
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4 January 1863: “For such a servant, I would gladly give $2500.”
Item description: Letter, 4 January 1863, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. More about Jeremy Francis Gilmer: Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in Guilford County, N.C., on 23 February 1818. He entered the United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Georgia, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, Savannah, servants, slavery, slaves
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30 October 1862: “A map of Port Hudson and its defences”
Item description: Map, dated 30 October 1862, of Port Hudson (La.) and its defences, including a descriptive list of batteries (hand-drawn and colored). More about this map and the Gilmer Maps Collection: This map is part of the Southern Historical … Continue reading
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Tagged earthworks, hand-drawn maps, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisiana, maps, Mississippi, Mississippi River, Port Hudson
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4 August 1862: “This morning early, I rode out to Genl. Lee’s Head Quarters and reported for duty.”
Item description: Letter, 4 August 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. More about Jeremy Francis Gilmer: Jeremy Francis Gilmer was born in Guilford County, N.C., on 23 February 1818. He entered the United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, Richmond, Robert E. Lee, Spottswood Hotel
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15 March 1862: “We hear daily from Genl Beauregard who is anxious for reinforcements from this army to assist him…”
Item description: Letter, 15 March 1862, from Jeremy Francis Gilmer to his wife Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer. In this letter, Jeremy Gilmer writes to his wife about the difficulties with the weather and his living quarters in Alabama, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, weather
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12 March 1862: “A proud consciousness of having performed our duty in these days of trouble & difficulty must be our reliance, popular favor or condemnation amounts to nothing, never give up!”
Item description: In this letter, dated 12 March 1862, Jeremy Francis Gilmer wrote to his wife, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer, to catch her up on war news. He described probable Confederate and Union troop movements on the Tennessee River and … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Pea Ridge, Brigadier General Alexander Robert Lawton, Brigadier General Ben McCulloch, Brigadier General James M. McIntosh, Brigadier General William Whann Mackall, General Earl Van Dorn, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer
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5 March 1862: :”…I cannot go scouring the country to run from Yankees. I should despise myself…”
Item description: Letter, 5 March 1862, from Louisa Fredericka Alexander Gilmer in Savannah, Ga., to her husband, Jeremy Francis Gilmer, an engineer with the Confederate Army. Louisa wrote to encourage her husband to keep his faith in the justness of … Continue reading
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Tagged Jeremy Francis Gilmer, morale, Savannah Ga.
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