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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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12 February 1864: “He has come to take Newberne and he has sent you down here to take this camp and cart off supplies and he expects you will do it.”
Item description: Entry, dated 12 February 1864, in the diary of John L. Swain. In it he writes about the assembly of Confederate troops under General James G. Martin in Eastern North Carolina with the objective of recapturing cities under … Continue reading →
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Tagged diaries, General Robert E. Lee, John L. Swain, New Bern, Newport Barracks, North Carolina
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