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Tag Archives: looting
18 February 1865: “Strange as it may seem we were actually idiotic enough to believe Sherman would keep his word! – A Yankee – and Sherman!”
Item Description: Entry, dated 18 February 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. She writes in great detail about the destruction of Columbia after Sherman’s Army has overtaken the city. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged burning of Columbia, Columbia (S.C.), diary, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, looting
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3 January 1865: “I went to the dairy to get a bucket with a little milk in it, a yankee came running half bent asking “what you got” I turned it bottom upwards and kept on”
Item Description: A letter from Alabama describing what the Union Army took during their occupation, as well as some of the conditions of the confederate people and animals. Item Citation: From Folder 271, in the Pettigrew Family Papers #592, Southern Historical … Continue reading
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Tagged Alabama, looting, Pettigrew family, stealing, theives
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29 November 1864: “The thieving scamps have broken Mr. Hunt, the Lipscombs and most everyone else in our county completely up.”
Item Description: Letter from H. R. Moore to Smith Lipscomb. He discusses looting by Union Soldiers, wounded men at home, and contemplates joining the Army. He also asks Lipscomb to secure his cotton to protect it from the Union soldiers. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Springs (MS), cotton, Lipscomb Family Papers, looting
Comments Off on 29 November 1864: “The thieving scamps have broken Mr. Hunt, the Lipscombs and most everyone else in our county completely up.”