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Tag Archives: Peter
27 June 1862: “he says he fears a famine for the country. isn’t it a fearful prospect?”
Item description: Letter, 27 June 1862, from Jane Caroline North Pettigrew (wife of Charles Lockhart Pettigrew) to her brother-in-law, William S. Pettigrew. The letter illustrates how dispersed the Pettigrew family has become at this point in the war. The writer, … Continue reading
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Tagged body servants, Charles Pettigrew, Chatham County, Cherry Hill Plantation, home front, James Johnston Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, plantations, slavery, slaves, South Carolina, William S. Pettigrew
Comments Off on 27 June 1862: “he says he fears a famine for the country. isn’t it a fearful prospect?”
19 June 1862: “your acquaintance with the hire of servants in the camp renders you much more competent than myself to decide as to what would be just both to yourself & to his owner.”
Item description: Letter, 19 June 1862, from William S. Pettigrew to Lieutenant Louis Gourdin Young, aid-de-camp to William’s brother, General James Johnston Pettigrew, concerning the fate of the General’s body servant Peter. Peter had been sent in October 1861 to … Continue reading
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Tagged body servants, Chatham County, James Johnston Pettigrew, Louis Gourdin Young, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, Scuppernong, slavery, slaves, William Pettigrew
Comments Off on 19 June 1862: “your acquaintance with the hire of servants in the camp renders you much more competent than myself to decide as to what would be just both to yourself & to his owner.”
7 June 1862: “That Genl. Pettigrew was a prisoner; and although severly wounded yet his wounds are not dangerous & he is doing well.”
Item description: Letter, 7 June 1862, from William S. Pettigrew to his brother Charles L. Pettigrew. William gives an update on the fate of his brother, General James Johnston Pettigrew, who was thought to have been slain at the Battle … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Seven Pines, body servants, Charles Pettigrew, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, Virginia, William Pettigrew
Comments Off on 7 June 1862: “That Genl. Pettigrew was a prisoner; and although severly wounded yet his wounds are not dangerous & he is doing well.”
2 June 1862: “Peter shall be as well cared for as if the General were alive. His grief at the loss of the General is most touching & draws out the sympathies of all of us.”
Item description: Letter, dated 2 June 1862, from Louis Gourdin Young, aide-de-camp to Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew (CSA). The letter appears to be addressed to the General’s brother, William S. Pettigrew. In his message, Young delivers a report on … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Seven Pines, body servants, casualties, James Johnston Pettigrew, Louis Gourdin Young, Peninsula Campaign, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, Virginia, William Pettigrew
Comments Off on 2 June 1862: “Peter shall be as well cared for as if the General were alive. His grief at the loss of the General is most touching & draws out the sympathies of all of us.”
22 October 1861: “What an unhappy scamp is Peter – but pray dont be too hard on poor Laura – she was young & a fool”
Item description: Letter, 22 October 1861, from Jane Petigru North, Badwell Plantation, Abbeville, South Carolina, to her daughter, Jane Caroline “Carey” North Pettigrew, Bonarva Plantation, Tyrrell County, N.C. The letter briefly mentions Peter, quite possibly the slave who had fathered a … Continue reading
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Tagged Badwell Plantation, body servants, Bonarva Plantation, James Johnston Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, Jane Petigru North, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves, South Carolina, Tyrrell County
Comments Off on 22 October 1861: “What an unhappy scamp is Peter – but pray dont be too hard on poor Laura – she was young & a fool”
8 October 1861: “Please say to your brother that I sent servant boy Peter in charge of Mr. Houghton from Edenton. Ask him to let me know if he went safe.”
Item description: Letter, 8 October 1861, from D.G. Cowand to William S. Pettigrew. Cowand’s detailed letter gives his opinions on the defense of eastern North Carolina, especially in the wake of the Battle of Hatteras Inlet. Near the close of … Continue reading
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Tagged body servants, James Johnston Pettigrew, Peter, slavery, slaves, William Pettigrew
Comments Off on 8 October 1861: “Please say to your brother that I sent servant boy Peter in charge of Mr. Houghton from Edenton. Ask him to let me know if he went safe.”
2 October 1861: “Peter is well acquainted with horses, is a capable servant in many respects, he can make clothes and is a first rate nurse”
Item description: Charles L. Pettigrew to James Johnston Pettigrew, 2 October 1861 In October 1861, Charles L. Pettigrew sent Peter to the Confederate army to serve Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew, Charles’s brother. Peter had the responsibility for managing General … Continue reading
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Tagged body servants, James Johnston Pettigrew, Peter, Pettigrew family, slavery, slaves
Comments Off on 2 October 1861: “Peter is well acquainted with horses, is a capable servant in many respects, he can make clothes and is a first rate nurse”
1 October 1861: “And I immediately commenced casting about for a servant to send to you.”
Item description: William S. Pettigrew to James Johnston Pettigrew, 1 October 1861 When Brigadier General James Johnston Pettigrew wrote to his family back home in North Carolina requesting that a servant be sent to him, William S. Pettigrew hastened to send Peter, one … Continue reading