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- Buck Lawler on 26 March 1865: “We had a small fight at Petersburg yesterday”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Buck Lawler on 24 March 1865: “No matter if our country goes down tomorrow Lees name will stand first upon the pinnacle of fame, as the greatest of commanders living or dead.”
- Todd Kesselring on 22 March 1865: “I have just returned safe & sound from an expedition to Bentonville against Sherman”
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19 June 1864: “This has been an awful day; fighting, and cannonading and a dreadful thunderstorm.”
Item description: In this 19 June 1864 letter, George Hovey Cadman, a soldier in the 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment, wrote from the Marietta, Ga., area to his wife about a momentary truce between his company’s skirmishers and the “Johnnies” on … Continue reading
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Tagged 39th Ohio Infantry Regiment, Atlanta campaign, coffee, flags of truce, George Hovey Cadman, Marietta (Ga.), tobacco, trade
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4 May 1864: “Why then does he wait for Grant to gather his strength?”
Item description: In this letter, Thomas L. Norwood, wrote from Richmond, Va., to his uncle Walter W. Lenoir, catching him up on news of the 37th North Carolina Troops, Company A. Norwood reported on the prosecution of the case against … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st Virginia Cavalry, 37th North Carolina Troops, Battle of Spotsylvania, Colonel William E. Peters, deserters, desertion, General Robert E. Lee, General Ulysses S. Grant, George Black, Jeremiah Blackburn, reenlistment, Thomas L. Norwood, Walter Waightstill Lenoir
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25 April 1864: “I will let them rot and not disgace this Sheet by a recital of thier traitorous iniquities”
Item description: Chauncey Brunson Welton (1844-1908), a soldier in the 103rd Ohio Infantry Regiment, U.S. Army, wrote to his mother, Julia A. Welton, from camp at Bulls Gap in eastern Tennessee. His letter relates how his regiment had recently left … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander Long, Bulls Gap (Tenn.), camp life, Chauncey Brunson Welton, Copperheads, eastern Tennessee, salt works
Comments Off on 25 April 1864: “I will let them rot and not disgace this Sheet by a recital of thier traitorous iniquities”
7 April 1864: “It may be a belief entertained and justly founded, but I am persuaded expression would be severely criticised.”
Item Description: In this letter, dated 7 April 1864, William Brown at Richmond wrote to Robert Lewis Dabney regarding edits to the manuscript biography of Thomas Jonathan “Stonewall” Jackson written by Dabney. Brown suggested that Dabney rewrite potentially controversial references … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. Stonewall Jackson, Robert Lewis Dabney, William Brown
Comments Off on 7 April 1864: “It may be a belief entertained and justly founded, but I am persuaded expression would be severely criticised.”
23 March 1864: “Considered a drawn fight.”
Item Description: In this diary entry of 23 March 1864, Kenneth Rayner Jones, then a lieutenant in the 27th North Carolina Regiment, described a snow fight between Cooke’s and Kirkland’s brigades. Twelve inches of snow had fallen the day before … Continue reading
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Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, 46th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Brigadier General William Whedbee Kirkland, Colonel John Rogers Cooke, Cooke's Brigade, Kenneth Rayner Jones, Kirkland's Brigade, Major General Henry Heth, snow
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28 February 1864: “I am heartily disgusted with public opinion.”
Item Description: William Dudley Gale wrote in this letter, 28 February 1864, to his wife, Kate Polk Gale, describing the destruction wrought by the Yankees on Meridian, Ala., and Enterprise, Ala., and defended the much maligned strategy of his father-in-law, … Continue reading
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Tagged Demopolis (Ala.), Enterprise (Ala.), finances, Gen. William T. Sherman, Kate Polk Gale, Leonidas Polk, Meridian (Ala.), railroads, Selma and Jackson railroad, William Dudley Gale
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24 February 1864: “These times we hesitate not to ask favors of our friends & generally our friends are willing to serve us.”
Item Description: In this letter, Mary C. Ruffin wrote from Graham, N.C., to her nephew, Major Daniel Heyward Hamilton Jr., seeking his help in procuring kerosene oil and ascertaining the price and quality of cotton cards. She was sensitive to … Continue reading
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Tagged cotton, Daniel Heyward Hamilton Jr., General James Longstreet, kerosene, Mary C. Ruffin, reenlistment, smallpox, supplies, variloid
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22 January 1864: “…Every man ought to represent only such means as properly belongs to him; otherwise taxation might be very unequal.”
Item description: In this letter dated 22 January 1864, Gunn & Bowe Boot and Shoe Makers sent to Thomas Ruffin the remaining cents due on a note they had paid off in October 1863. Gunn & Bowe could not help … Continue reading
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Tagged currency, debtors, finances, Gunn & Bowe, taxes, Thomas Ruffin, Yanceyville (N.C.)
Comments Off on 22 January 1864: “…Every man ought to represent only such means as properly belongs to him; otherwise taxation might be very unequal.”
21 November 1863: “In Buncombe the cavalry are scouring the country gathering up every man they find of conscript age and they have taken some that are beyond the age”
Item description: In this diary entry, dated 21 November 1863, Samuel A. Agnew recorded some of his usual comments on the weather and his doings and also noted the cavalry’s apparent ruthlessness in rounding up conscripts in Buncombe, Miss. Samuel … Continue reading
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Tagged Buncombe (Miss.), casualties, cavalry, conscription, diaries, Mississippi, Samuel A. Agnew
Comments Off on 21 November 1863: “In Buncombe the cavalry are scouring the country gathering up every man they find of conscript age and they have taken some that are beyond the age”
13 November 1863: “…The loss of Slaves, fencing, stock subsistence etc will prevent our doing much in the way of farming for several years…”
Item description: In this letter, 13 November 1863, William Lenoir in Atlanta, Ga., wrote to his cousin, Rufus Theodore Lenoir, in Fort Defiance, N.C., with an update on the family’s business interests that were at risk during anticipated Yankee occupation. … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (Ga.), civilian prisoners, civilians, disease, eastern Tennessee, Fort Defiance (N.C.), Rufus Theodore Lenoir, slaves, whooping cough, William Lenoir
Comments Off on 13 November 1863: “…The loss of Slaves, fencing, stock subsistence etc will prevent our doing much in the way of farming for several years…”