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Tag Archives: Savannah
24 February 1865: “Sunday night about 6 P.M. we got the word officially that Charleston was ours…”
Item Description: Letter dated 24 February 1865 from Jonathan Lewis Whitaker to his wife, Julia A. Wells Whitaker. He was a physician from Orange County, New York serving with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, South Carolina. Whitaker … Continue reading
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Tagged 26th United States Colored Troops, Beaufort (S.C.), Charleston (S.C.), Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker, Savannah, Savannah Ga.
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18 January 1865: “I hope the war will be over and the rebellion crushed before another Christmas comes around”
Item Description: A letter from Robert Stuart Finley to his fiancee, Mary A. Cabeen, describing his movements with his Regiment through Georgia and South Carolina. He served in the 30th Illinois Infantry. He describes skirmishes on their way to Beaufort, as well overcoming the African … Continue reading
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Tagged Beaufort, Charleston, Civil War, Georgia, rations, Robert Stuart Finley, Savannah, Sherman, Union Army
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17 January 1865: “the triumphal march of Sherman through the heart of Georgia to the congress of Savannah are events significant of greater misfortunes in the coming spring campaign.”
Item Description: A letter from Edmund Kirby-Smith to his mother describing plans to see each other in the spring and lamenting Sherman’s march through Georgia. Kirby-Smith was a confederate Army General during the war. Item Citation: From Folder 46, in … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Edmund Kirby-Smith, Georgia, Savannah, Sherman, Shreveport
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12 January 1865: “…wish I had been born here instead of in Georgia! That whole State is utterly demoralized, and ready to go back into the Union.”
Item description: Entry, dated 12 January 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. Item citation: From the Emma LeConte Diary, #420-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia (S.C.), diaries, Emma LeConte, Gen. Joseph Johnston, Gen. William T. Sherman, Georgia, Savannah, South Carolina, Union occupation
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30 December 1864: “Our expedition so far has been attended with the most complete success. The Rebels having lost Savannah…”
Item Description: Letter dated 30 December 1864 from Jonathan L. Whitaker to his wife Julia A. Wells Whitaker. Jonathan L. Whitaker was a physician from Orange County, N.Y. He served as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at … Continue reading
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Tagged 26th United States Colored Troops, African American soldiers, African Americans, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker, Orange County (NY), plantations, Pocotaligo (SC), religion, religious beliefs, Savannah, winter
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28 December 1864: “our only pleasure now is in seeing our friends”
Item Description: Entry dated 28 December 1864 from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia. Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Fanny Cohen Taylor, Phillips and Myer Family Papers, Savannah, yankees
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26 December 1864: “If we are Conquered I see no reason why we should receive our enemies as friends”
Item Description: Entry dated 26 December 1864 from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia. Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil War, Fanny Cohen Taylor, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, Savannah, yankees
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25 December 1864: “This is the saddest Christmas that I have ever spent”
Item Description: Entry dated 25 December 1864, Christmas Day, from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia. Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
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Tagged Christmas, Civil War, Fanny Cohen Taylor, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, Savannah, yankees
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23 December 1864: “went to bed early as usual only dreading the disclosures of the morrow.”
Item Description: Entry dated 23 December 1864 from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia. Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Captain Poe, Civil War, Fanny Cohen Taylor, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, Savannah, yankees
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