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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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14 November 1862: “I am very anxious to go to my native state to defend the soil that that the miserable abolitionists of the hated and cowardly state of Massachusetts are now polluting.”
Item description: Letter, 14 November 1862, from D.G. Cowand to William S. Pettigrew. Cowand wrote to thank his friend for lobbying the governor on his behalf for a command in North Carolina should troops be raised to defend the home … Continue reading
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Tagged 32nd North Carolina Infantry Regiment, army chaplains, D.G. Cowand, Drewry's Bluff Virginia, Gen. George McClellan, General Ambrose Burnside, General James Longstreet, North Carolina, William S. Pettigrew
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