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- Liz Bezera on 3 July 1864: “[...]we have fixed up our quarters with bowers, etc – very nice – I built me a spring bed two hickory poles – lay barrel staves on them – tack them down – and I have as good a bed as I want.”
- fletches on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Todd Kesselring on 24 June 1864: “…and as to taking off one’s shoes, that’s not to be dreamed of.”
- Jason Tomberlin on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
- Liz Bezera on 3 June 1864: “a circumstance which can hardly be looked upon as a positive loss . . .”
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1 June 1861: “There was a large meeting held in the Church…on account of the Orange Light Infantry Co. going to leave Chapel Hill…”
Item description: Minutes, 1 June 1861, of the University Baptist Church of Chapel Hill, N.C., with a note on the departure of the Orange Light Infantry Brigade from Chapel Hill. Item citation: From Volume 1 in the University Baptist Church … Continue reading
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Tagged Chapel Hill, meeting minutes, North Carolina, Orange Light Infantry Brigade, University Baptist Church
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8 May 1861: Edmund Walter Jones letter “delighted with my life as a soldier”
Item description: This letter from J.T. Jones to his father Edmund W. Jones (written while J.T. was encamped at Ellis Camp, Raleigh, N.C.), describes mobilization efforts on the home front in Orange County, North Carolina, as well as the early … Continue reading
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Tagged Edmund W. Jones, J.T. Jones, mobilization, North Carolina, Orange County, Orange Light Infantry Brigade, Raleigh
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20 April 1861: “This is probably the first flag raised, on which N. Carolina has been numbered with the seceding states.”
Item description: Letter, Edward Hall Armstrong to Thomas G. Armstrong, Chapel Hill, N.C., 20 April 1861. Edward Hall Armstrong, of Wilmington, N.C., was a student at the University of North Carolina from 1858 to 1861. On 20 April 1861, he … Continue reading