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Tag Archives: Union raids
25 January 1864: “He has had all the shops in Memphis pressed to shoe their horses preparitory to the raid.”
Item description: Diary entry, 25 January 1864, written by Samuel Andrew Agnew. Agnew grew up and attended college and seminary in Due West, S.C. In 1852, he moved to Mississippi, and thereafter lived in the northeastern part of the state, chiefly in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. William T. Sherman, Samuel A. Agnew, Union raids, United States Army
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15 January 1864: “Our best protections will be our poverty and bad roads…”
Item description: In this letter dated 15 January 1864, Walter Waightstill Lenoir (1823-1890) wrote from Crab Orchard in Watauga County, N.C., to his mother, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir (1783-1864) in Fort Defiance, Caldwell County, N.C., about the weather and its … Continue reading
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Tagged corn crop, Crab Orchard (N.C.), health, poverty, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir, slave labor, slaves, Union raids, Walter Waightstill Lenoir, Watauga County (N.C.), weather
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11 September 1863: “For mens passions when once aroused to such heights as these are seldom appeased without bloodshed and revenge.”
Item Description: Diary entry of 11 September 1863. David Schenk writes of dissension, disloyalty, and “Civil War” within North Carolina. He described a small revolt north of Statesville, the “Tories” of Raleigh, and the looming problems in the State’s Western … Continue reading
1 August 1863: “Myself and family are well, and feel considerably relieved since the departure of the Yankees, whom we found to be anything but pleasant neighbors.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 1 August 1863, from Ruffin Thomson while studying at the University of Mississippi to someone he addresses as “doctor.” A portion of the letter appears to be missing. More about Ruffin Thomson: Thomson was the oldest child … Continue reading
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Tagged Union raids
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