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Tag Archives: Pennsylvania
23 October 1864: “my Dear I will tell you tru we will not have aney fighting to do this fall and by next spring the war will be over.”
Item description: Letter, 23 October 1864, from Joseph H. Young to his wife Anna Eliza Young. Young was from Mifflin County, Pa. and served in the 184th Pennsylvania Regiment. Item citation: From the Joseph H. Young Papers, #3695-z, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
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Tagged 184th Pennsylvania Regiment, Anna Eliza Young, food, Fort Darling, Fort Rice, home front, Joseph H. Young Papers, Pennsylvania, women
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19 July 1863: “We had a separate Battle at a town called Gettysburg. Our Regt lost a hundred and ten men …”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 July 1863, from John Hundley to his wife Sally Hundley. In this letter, Hundley describes his regiment’s march into Pennsylvania and retreat into Virginia following the battle of Gettysburg. John Hundley served in Company C … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Battle of Gettysburg, food, Gettysburg Campaign, John Hundley, Marksville (V.A.), Maryland, Pennsylvania, Potomac River, Sally Hundley, Virginia
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1 July 1863: “Heard along the line that there was a fight going on at Gettysburg and that Genl Reynolds was killed.”
Item Description: Diary entry, 1 July 1863, written by Levi J. Fritz, describing his regiment’s march toward the Battle of Gettysburg. Fritz served in the 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment during the Civil War and wrote the regiment’s song, “My 53rd.”. He … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, Levi J. Fritz, marching, Pennsylvania, Virginia
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15 June 1863: “It is reported that our army will not be allowed to plunder or rob in Pennsylvania […]”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 June 1863, from General Lafayette McLaws to his wife, Emily. He describes his division receiving orders to march into Pennsylvania, as well as orders for the army to not “plunder and rob.” Item citation: From … Continue reading
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Tagged Culpeper (V.A.), Gen. Hooker, Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell, General James Longstreet, Gettysburg Campaign, Lafayette McLaws, McLaws Division, Pennsylvania, Potomac, Shenandoah Valley
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25 September 1862: “scarce do my thoughts wander to my loved ere they wander to my little teaze.”
Item description: Letter, dated 25 September 1862, from J. Smith DuShane (Pat), a sergeant in Company K of the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, to his ‘beloved’; The letter describes how he was wounded at 2nd Bull Run on 29 Aug. 1862. Item … Continue reading
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Tagged Finley Hospital, hospitals, J. Smith DuShane, love letters, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia
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19 September 1862: “O what terrible fighting they are having in Maryland for the last five days…”
Item description: Letter, 19 September 1862, from Jonathan Lewis Whittaker to his wife Julia A. Wells Whitaker. More about Jonathan Lewis Whittaker: Jonathan Lewis Whitaker (fl. 1862-1865) was a physician of Orange County, N.Y., who served as a United States … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Antietam, Battle of Sharpsburg, hospitals, Jonathan Lewis Whittaker, Julia A. Wells Whittaker, Maryland, Maryland Campaign, New York, Pennsylvania, surgeons
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2 September 1862: “We are safe I suppose now from the pursuit of the enemy, who has driven us 80 miles…”
Item description: Entry, dated 2 September 1862, from the diary of William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. In this entry, Lloyd writes while on the retreat from the Union … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, William Penn Lloyd
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31 August 1862: “where now the brave sons from every loyal state lay cold and rigid in the embrace of death, or fate still worse…”
Item description: Entry, dated 31 August 1862, from the diary of William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. In this entry, a continuation of his 29 August and 30 August … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, Centerville, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, Virginia, William Penn Lloyd
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30 August 1862: “We hear of battles, and read descriptions of them; but it is only when on the field, and a spectator of the scene, that one can realize half their grandeur, or their horrors.”
Item description: Entry, dated 30 August 1862, from the diary of William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. In this entry, a continuation of his 29 August entry, Lloyd reports … Continue reading
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Tagged 1st Pennsylvania Reserve Cavalry, diaries, Pennsylvania, Second Battle of Bull Run, Second Battle of Manassas, William Penn Lloyd
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29 August 1862: “The sable garb of night settled down on the field of blood, and the weary warriors.”
Item description: Entry, dated 29 August 1862, from the diary of William Penn Lloyd (1837-1911) of Lisbon, Pa., 1st Lieutenant, A.A.G., First Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Calvary during the Civil War. In this entry, Lloyd reports on his involvement in the Second … Continue reading