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- Buck Lawler on 11 January 1865: “Their systematized falsehoods are so shameless and so notorious that all the world must distrust them.”
- Pool Party in Gurgaon on 4 January 1865: “Father said the Yanks made a clean sweep of everything, and we have lost all our worldly possessions except the few negroes here.”
- Pool Party in Gurgaon on 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”
- Pool Party in Gurgaon on 2 January 1865: “We had a very pleasant evening and were regaled in honour of the new year, which yesterday being Sunday was celebrated today, with egg-nog, Confederate cake and pop-corn.”
- Buck Lawler on 14 December 1864: “I respectfully request that all men belonging to this army and any reinforcements that can be spared be sent forward as soon as possible.”
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14 December 1864: “I respectfully request that all men belonging to this army and any reinforcements that can be spared be sent forward as soon as possible.”
Item Description: Telegram from General Hood to General Beauregard sent on December 14, 1864 from the vicinity of Nashville, TN. He reports on enemy movements near Memphis, TN and requests reinforcements. Item Citation: In Folder 9 of the William Asbury … Continue reading
31 January 1864: “some of the rebs says that they had to kill ther mules to keep from starving to death”
Item Description: 31 January 1864, letter from J. W. Clark, a Federal soldier at Camp Smith, Nashville, Tenn., to his brother giving news of friends and describing life around camp at Nashville. [Transcription available below image] Item Citation: Folder 2, John … Continue reading
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Tagged Camp Smith, deserters, food shortage, Nashville (T.N.)
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19 June 1863: “I wish you could see Johnnie in his dress, it hangs & fits beautifully.”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 June 1863, from Annie Maney Schon in Atlanta, Georgia, to her sister Bettie Maney Kimberly. The letter discusses the sewing of clothes, as well as whether the sisters’ parents would take the oath of allegiance … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Braxton Bragg, clothes, John Kimberly, Nashville (T.N.), oath of allegiance, scarcity, sewing
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