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Tag Archives: Petersburg
8 April 1865: “Lee’s attack on Grant’s lines”
Item Description: These pages from Harper’s Weekly newspaper published on April 8th, 1865 contain images depicting events from the war. The articles shows update readers on the War in North Carolina and tell of Lee’s final attack on Grant’s lines … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Fort Stedman, Harper's Weekly, McLaughlin, Parke, Petersburg
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11 March 1865: “Admiral Porter removing torpedoes and buoying the channel in Cape Fear River.”
Item Description: These images from Harper’s Weekly newspaper published on March 11, 1865 in New Hanover County contains images depicting naval operations at the Cape Fear River. The lower image on the front page illustrates Admiral Porter’s fleet removing torpedoes and buoying the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Admiral Porter, Cape Fear, Capture of Wilmington, Civil War, Harper's Weekly, North Carolina Collection Photographic Archives, Petersburg, Sherman
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16 November 1864: “This is the day set apart by President Davis as a day of public worship”
Item Description: A letter from James Graham to his mother. James Augustus Graham was an officer stationed in Virginia and South Carolina during the war. In this letter he requests items for his troops. It reveals a lot about what the soldiers … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Confederate Army, food, gloves, Petersburg, Richmond, socks, supplies, winter
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1 November 1864: “Camp on the Appomattox”
Item Description: Sketch of a camp on the Appomattox near Petersburg, VA. Item Citation: From Folder 36 of the John S. Henderson Papers, #327, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Camp … Continue reading
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Tagged Appomattox, John S. Henderson Papers, Petersburg, Virginia
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23 September 1864: “the officers are blamed more than the men were”
Item Description: Letter dated 23 September 1864 written by John H. Speed to his daughter Kate(?). Speed was a member of Company G, 3rd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment (also called the 41st Regiment, North Carolina Troops). During September 1864, Speed’s … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 3rd North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 41st Regiment, Edmondson and Speed Civil War Papers, General Rhodes, John H. Speed, NC Troops, Petersburg
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13 September 1864: “There is nothing like getting used to a thing.”
Item Description: Letter dated 13 September 1864. He writes extensively about dodging shells in the trenches. James Augustus Graham was a resident of Hillsborough, N.C., and an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of … Continue reading
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Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Entrenched Camp, Hillsborough (N.C.), James A. Graham, James Augustus Graham, Petersburg
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7 September 1864: “I can never never love you enough”
Item Description: Letter dated 7 September 1864, from Edward Porter Alexander to his wife. Letter, 13 June 1862, from Edward Porter Alexander to his wife. – See more at: https://web.lib.unc.edu/civilwar/index.php/2012/06/13/13-june-1862/#sthash.4tqpprJQ.dpuf Letter, 13 June 1862, from Edward Porter Alexander to his … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Edward Porter Alexander, Petersburg, Richmond (V.A.), stock dividends
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1 September 1864: “We have lots of fun along the lines.”
Item Description: Letter, 1 September 1864, from Alfred N. Proffit, private in Company D, 18th Regiment N.C. Troops to his sister and cousin. Item Citation: From folder 4 in the Proffit Family Papers, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, Alfred N. Proffit, food, North Carolina, Petersburg, Proffit family, Wilkes County
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23 August 1864: “We are in the trenches near Petersburg”
Item description: Letter from William Martin. Martin’s letter of 23 August 1864 stated that he was entrenched near Petersburg, Va. He also related that Benjamin Brown had been wounded in the hand. The same letter comments on short rations and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Petersburg
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8 August 1864: “Head Quarters 1st Div. 18th Army Corps”
Item Description: Illustration dated 8 August 1864, by Herbert E. Valentine. He was a private in Company F of the 23rd Massachusetts Volunteers. Valentine made birds eye view sketches of the towns in which he was stationed, as well as … Continue reading
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Tagged Herbert E. Valentine Papers, Herbert Valentine, illustrations, Petersburg
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