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Tag Archives: Richmond
25 June 1862: The Daily Telegraph (single sheet)
ITEM: The Daily Telegraph, June 25, 1862, single sheet, 12.5 x 9.0 inches, printed on one side. CITATION: The Daily Telegraph (Raleigh, N.C.) 25 June 1862, single sheet. North Carolina Collection call number: VC071 C748 folder 5. Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged advertisements, Battle of Seven Pines, Bryan Grimes, Charleston, Gen. George McClellan, George B. Anderson, J.E.B. Stuart, Kentucky, New Orleans, newspapers, Richmond, Seven Days Battles, sickness
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8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”
Item description: Entry, 8 June 1862, from the diary of Sarah Lois Wadley. She records news of the war and comments on Union Gen. Benjamin Butler’s infamous General Order No. 28 (the so-called “Woman’s Order”). Item citation: In the Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged General Benjamin Franklin Butler, General Order No. 28, general orders, home front, New Orleans, Richmond, southern women, Vicksburg, Woman's Order, women
Comments Off on 8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”
22 May 1862: “I hope you destroy my letters.”
Item description: Letter, 22 May 1862, from Lavinia Morrison Dabney at the Union Theological Seminary (Farmville, Va.) to her husband, Robert Lewis Dabney, who served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, first as a chaplain with the 18th Virginia … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Farmville Va., Fredericksburg, homefront, Lavinia Morrison Dabney, refugees, Richmond, Robert Lewis Dabney
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7 April 1862: “How beautifully appropriate is this meaning of the word ‘Shiloh’ to us. It is the Desired, the Longed for. This victory we have been praying!”
Item description: Undated religious tract, “Shiloh: A Sermon,” written by J. Lansing Burrows, a Baptist minister from Richmond, Virginia. Burrows reflects on the meaning of the Battle of Shiloh, a pivotal battle fought on 6-7 April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee. … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Battle of Shiloh, J. Lansing Burrows, religion, religious tracts, Richmond, sermons, Tennessee, Virginia
Comments Off on 7 April 1862: “How beautifully appropriate is this meaning of the word ‘Shiloh’ to us. It is the Desired, the Longed for. This victory we have been praying!”
8 January 1862: “[President Jefferson Davis] never names Beauregard. I think, after all, he does not like him or think much of him. I am not sure but the Sec’y of War is in the same category.”
Item description: Entry, 8 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863), written in Richmond, Va. Bragg comments on Confederate foreign relations, arrangements for the delivery of mail abroad, events in … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Confederate cabinet, Confederate States of America, foreign relations, Jefferson Davis, Missouri, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Virginia
Comments Off on 8 January 1862: “[President Jefferson Davis] never names Beauregard. I think, after all, he does not like him or think much of him. I am not sure but the Sec’y of War is in the same category.”
6 January 1862: “Smuggling was spoken [of] and Mr. Memminger said the Gov’t winked at it because of our necessities…”
Item description: Entry, 6 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863), written in Richmond, Va. [Transcription available below images.] Item citation: From the Thomas Bragg Papers, 3304-z, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged attorney general, Christopher G. Memminger, Confederate cabinet, Confederate States of America, diaries, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Virginia
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3 January 1862: “Upon the whole it will be almost certain that they will involve themselves in a war with England before the winter is over.”
Item description: Entry, 3 January 1862, from the diary of Thomas Bragg (Attorney General of the Confederate States of America, 1861-1863) written while Bragg was in Richmond, Va. This entry comments on the Trent Affair and foreign relations and relates … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged attorney general, Confederate States of America, England, foreign relations, Richmond, Thomas Bragg, Trent Affair, Virginia
Comments Off on 3 January 1862: “Upon the whole it will be almost certain that they will involve themselves in a war with England before the winter is over.”
5 September 1861: “the [American] Hotel being crowded the Landlord gave me to understand that we would accommodate him very much if Mr. Moore and myself would take one Bed and give up the balance of the room for other company.”
Item description: Rev. Overton Bernard recounts his traveling experience to Richmond, Virginia. As the capital of the Confederacy, Richmond’s population swelled to record numbers during the war. Overton Bernard kept this diary while serving aas a bank employee in Portsmouth, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged lodging, Petersburg, Rev. Overton Bernard, Richmond, Virginia
Comments Off on 5 September 1861: “the [American] Hotel being crowded the Landlord gave me to understand that we would accommodate him very much if Mr. Moore and myself would take one Bed and give up the balance of the room for other company.”
29 June 1861: “Delay is worth ten times as much to us as to them…for delay alone can conquer them by bankrupting them nationally & individually at a rapid rate…”
Item description: Letter, 29 June 1861, from Edward Porter Alexander to his wife Bettie. In the letter Alexander describes his new role leading five artillery batteries, and discusses the effect that delays in between battles have on each side (claiming … Continue reading
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Tagged artillery, Bettie Alexander, Chimborazo, delays, Edward Porter Alexander, Richmond, Virginia, women
Comments Off on 29 June 1861: “Delay is worth ten times as much to us as to them…for delay alone can conquer them by bankrupting them nationally & individually at a rapid rate…”