150 Years Ago Today…
Browse by Category
Browse by Tag
Battle of Gettysburg blockade camp life casualties Chapel Hill Charleston Civil War clothing Confederate Army conscription diaries diary family food Georgia home front illness Louisiana Mississippi naval operations New Bern newspapers New York North Carolina Pettigrew family prisoners-of-war religion Richmond Sarah Lois Wadley Secession Convention slavery slaves soldier conditions South Carolina supplies Tennessee Union occupation Union soldiers United States Navy University of North Carolina Virginia William A. Graham Wilmington Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal womenRecent Comments
- Jo Ann on About
- The Big Picture – Let's Get Civil War on About
- debbie hoffman on About
- Thomas on About
- shelters on UNC Spotlight Video
Blogroll
UNC Libraries
Archives
- April 2015
- March 2015
- February 2015
- January 2015
- December 2014
- November 2014
- October 2014
- September 2014
- August 2014
- July 2014
- June 2014
- May 2014
- April 2014
- March 2014
- February 2014
- January 2014
- December 2013
- November 2013
- October 2013
- September 2013
- August 2013
- July 2013
- June 2013
- May 2013
- April 2013
- March 2013
- February 2013
- January 2013
- December 2012
- November 2012
- October 2012
- September 2012
- August 2012
- July 2012
- June 2012
- May 2012
- April 2012
- March 2012
- February 2012
- January 2012
- December 2011
- November 2011
- October 2011
- September 2011
- August 2011
- July 2011
- June 2011
- May 2011
- April 2011
Monthly Archives: June 2011
30 June 1861: “I write to you as I talk to you, although you may be ashamed of such tame love letters.”
Item description: Letter, 30 June 1861, from William Gaston Lewis to Martha (“Mittie” or “Mitt”) Lucinda Pender of Tarboro, N.C. Item citation: From the W. G. Lewis Papers #2314-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Martha Lucinda Pender, Tarboro, Virginia, William Gaston Lewis, Yorktown
Comments Off on 30 June 1861: “I write to you as I talk to you, although you may be ashamed of such tame love letters.”
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
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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…”
28 June 1861: Autographs of the Members of the Convention of 1861
Item description: Two images from an autograph booklet containing the signature and hometown of the members of the North Carolina Secession Convention. The first name in the booklet is that of Walter L. Steele, secretary of the convention and resident … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged autographs, North Carolina, Secession Convention, Walter L. Steele
Comments Off on 28 June 1861: Autographs of the Members of the Convention of 1861
27 June 1861: An Ordinance to Cede to the Confederate States, the Property in and Jurisdiction over the Forts, Light Houses, Beacons, Marine Hospitals and Mint in North Carolina
Item description: An ordinance by the North Carolina Secession Convention ceding parcels of land formerly held by the United States government to the new government of the Confederate States of America. Item Transciption: [No. 29.] AN ORDINANCE TO CEDE TO … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged beacons, Confederate States of America, forts, hospitals, lighthouses, mints, North Carolina, ordinances, Secession Convention
Comments Off on 27 June 1861: An Ordinance to Cede to the Confederate States, the Property in and Jurisdiction over the Forts, Light Houses, Beacons, Marine Hospitals and Mint in North Carolina
26 June 1861: “In reply to the resolution of the Convention, asking the Military Board to report on this day, at 10 o’clock, A.M., the number of State troops…”
Item description: Opening paragraphs of a report submitted to the Secession Convention by the Military Board of North Carolina. The document contains information on military appointees and other schedules related to the state’s attempt to raise troops. Item transcription: STATE … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Military Board, mobilization, North Carolina, Secession Convention, troop mobilization, troops
Comments Off on 26 June 1861: “In reply to the resolution of the Convention, asking the Military Board to report on this day, at 10 o’clock, A.M., the number of State troops…”
25 June 1861: “I can’t say anything about the people for are but the Negroes left on our landing here. Men that had property to the amount of $100,000 left all and went to Richmond and Yorktown.”
Item description: Letter from J. M. Drake of Company A, 4th Massachusetts Regiment, at Camp Butler, Newport News, Va., to his father, telling of his hopes that his company will be discharged soon; detailing the wrongs done by U.S. Army … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 4th Massachusetts Regiment, African Americans, Battle of Big Bethel, burials, Camp Butler, casualties, J.M. Drake, Massachusetts, Newport News, slaves, Union soldiers, United States Army, Virginia
Comments Off on 25 June 1861: “I can’t say anything about the people for are but the Negroes left on our landing here. Men that had property to the amount of $100,000 left all and went to Richmond and Yorktown.”
24 June 1861: “I have received your letter of the 19th inst. in relation to the appointment of Col. D.H. Hill as Brigadier General…”
Item description: North Carolina Governor John Ellis’ copy of a letter from Jefferson Davis to Warren Winslow (an aid to the ailing Gov. Ellis and chairman to the newly-created Military and Naval Board of North Carolina). This letter concerns the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 1st North Carolina Regiment (CSA), authenticity, D.H. Hill, John W. Ellis, Military and Naval Board, Warren Winslow
Comments Off on 24 June 1861: “I have received your letter of the 19th inst. in relation to the appointment of Col. D.H. Hill as Brigadier General…”
23 June 1861: “Last night we travelled through lines of outposts, over danger-haunted bridges, by camps where the soldiers watched eagerly for their supply of bread…”
Item description: Final entry, 23 June 1861, in a series of war dispatches written by Sir William Howard Russell (a British reporter writing for The London Times). Written as letters from various places in the South from April 30 to … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged foreign perspectives, Great Britain, journalism, Sir William Howard Russell, The London Times, war correspondents
Comments Off on 23 June 1861: “Last night we travelled through lines of outposts, over danger-haunted bridges, by camps where the soldiers watched eagerly for their supply of bread…”
22 June 1861: “…the inscription, above the star, in a semi-circular form, of ‘May 20th, 1775,’ and below the star, in a semi-circular form, ‘May 20th, 1861.'”
Item description: An ordinance, passed by the North Carolina Secession Convention, to create a flag for the State of North Carolina. The flag included the dates of the Mecklenburg Declaration of Independence and the date the state seceded from the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged flag, North Carolina, ordinances, Secession Convention
Comments Off on 22 June 1861: “…the inscription, above the star, in a semi-circular form, of ‘May 20th, 1775,’ and below the star, in a semi-circular form, ‘May 20th, 1861.'”
21 June 1861: “What we desire is a badge of distincton, not a mark for a bullet”
Item description: An editorial (reprinted from the Richmond Dispatch) in the Wilmington Daily Journal of 21 June 1861. In it, the editors of the Richmond newspaper call for the ladies of the city to make a different type of badge … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Confederate Army, Richmond, troop assistance, troops, uniforms, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
Comments Off on 21 June 1861: “What we desire is a badge of distincton, not a mark for a bullet”