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Tag Archives: Appomattox
10 April 1865: “the conviction had become established in the minds of a large majority of our best officers, + men that the army in its extremely reduced state could not be extricated from its perilous condition”
Item description: Three items from the day after the surrender at Appomattox Court House. The first is a paroled prisoner’s pass. Upon surrender, Confederate soldiers received paroles allowing them to return home without fear of arrest as long as they did … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Appomattox, Appomattox Court House, artillery, Civil War, E.P. Alexander, Paroled Prisoner's Pass, Robert E. Lee, surrender, W.D. Alexander, W.N. Pendleton
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29 March 1865: “I would respectfully request that you direct one or two gunboats to lay in the Appomattox…”
Item Description: Letter from Lieutenant-General Ulysses S. Grant, U.S. Army, to Rear-Admiral David D. Porter, U.S. Navy, asking that gunboats be positioned in both the Appomattox and James Rivers. Item Citation: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Appomattox, Gunboats, North Atlantic Squadron, Ulysses S. Grant, United States Army, United States Navy, Virginia
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1 November 1864: “Camp on the Appomattox”
Item Description: Sketch of a camp on the Appomattox near Petersburg, VA. Item Citation: From Folder 36 of the John S. Henderson Papers, #327, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Camp … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Appomattox, John S. Henderson Papers, Petersburg, Virginia
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16 May 1861: Meshack F. Hunt of Rowan County, N.C., enlists in Company E, Fifth N.C. Infantry Regiment
Item description: Ambrotype (circa 1860) of Meshack F. Hunt. Meshack F. Hunt was born in Rowan County, N.C. about 1840. He enlisted in Company E, Fifth N.C. Infantry Regiment on May 16, 1861 at Salisbury. He was promoted to first … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 5th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, ambrotype, Antietam, Appomattox, Battle of Seven Pines, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Meshack F. Hunt, Rowan County, South Mountain, Spotsylvania
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