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Yearly Archives: 2014
31 December 1864: “all the grateful swelling of the heart, all the music of the soul which this deep, this eternal music of the winds awakes as it passes over me”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 31 December 1864 by Sarah Lois Wadley. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #01258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Friday, Dec. 31st. 1864. I am … Continue reading
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Tagged diary, reading, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions
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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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29 December 1864
Item Description: Letter dated 29 December 1864 from Jack Hall to H. Reynolds, Esq. Hall seems to have been a slaveholder in Salisbury, N.C., at the time of the Civil War. He writes to request flour and asks that Reynolds … Continue reading
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Tagged H. Reynolds, Jack Hall, reward, runaway slave, runaways
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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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27 December 1864: “Discipline, order, energy, and enthusiasm were their leading characteristics”
Item Description: Report by Colonel Jourdan, 158th New York Regiment, to Commander Dove, United States Navy, concerning the expedition to destroy the salt-works near Bear Inlet, North Carolina. Item Citation: Expedition to Bear Inlet, N.C. [New York : G. P. … Continue reading
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Tagged Bear Inlet, calvary, Civil War, coastal areas, naval operations, North Carolina, salt works, United States Navy, White Oak River
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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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22 December 1864: “Father had been dreadfully harassed during the morning for his house”
Item Description: Entry dated 22 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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