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Tag Archives: family
30 March 1865: “Oh Darling my heart yearns after you by day and night and if U could only look into it and see how it is filled with love”
Item Description: Letter from Edward Porter Alexander to his wife. He writes about how much he misses her and the children. Item Citation: Folder 22a, in the Edward Porter Alexander Papers, #7, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Edward Porter Alexander, Edward Porter Alexander Papers, family, love letters, Petersburg (VA)
Comments Off on 30 March 1865: “Oh Darling my heart yearns after you by day and night and if U could only look into it and see how it is filled with love”
16 January 1865: “two of the biggest humbugs in the shape of army surgeons that I know of”
Item Description: Letters dated 19 January 1685 by John Lewis Whitaker to his brother and wife. Jonathan L. Whitaker was a physician from Orange County, N.Y. He served as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at Chester, Pa., … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged death, family, illness, injuries, John Lewis Whitaker, soldiers' pay, surgeons
Comments Off on 16 January 1865: “two of the biggest humbugs in the shape of army surgeons that I know of”
23 November 1864: “If Eva would only love, but I don’t think she does”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 23 November 1864 by Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about her difficulties with teaching and the dynamics of her family. Item Citation: Folder 5, Sarah Lois Wadley Papers, #1258, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged children, family, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, teachers, teaching
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13 June 1864: “So Gov. Vance carries a travelling suite with him.”
Item Description: editorial, The Daily Progress (Raleigh, N. C.), 13 June 1864. Transcription: GOV., VANCE: IN CHARLOTTE.-Our gallant townsman, J. L. Morehead, Esq., had the honor of entertaining the Governor and suite while in this place.— We learn that the … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged family, Governor Zebulon Vance, politics, soldier conditions, William W. Holden
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29 December 1863: “I cannot tell you how disappointed I was, that you were not with us at Christmas, I thought it might be the last Christmas we might ever spend in the old homestead…”
Item description: Letter, dated 29 December 1863, from Eliza Jane Lord DeRosset to her daughter Katherine Douglas DeRosset Meares (1830-1914). [image] Item citation: From the DeRosset Family Papers #214, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Christmas, DeRosset family, Eliza Jane Lord DeRosset, family, holidays, Kate DeRosset Meares
Comments Off on 29 December 1863: “I cannot tell you how disappointed I was, that you were not with us at Christmas, I thought it might be the last Christmas we might ever spend in the old homestead…”
27 November 1863: “We have enough from the hire of hands to live comfortably upon & surely never did people meet kinder friends than we have done.”
Item description: Letter, dated 27 November 1863, from Frances Devereux Polk at Asheville, N.C., to Harriett [last name unknown], in which there is a description of family events of the previous year, including their removal to Asheville. Item citation: From folder 4 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Asheville, Enterprise, family, Frances Devereux Polk, hiring out of slaves, Mississippi, North Carolina, Polk family
Comments Off on 27 November 1863: “We have enough from the hire of hands to live comfortably upon & surely never did people meet kinder friends than we have done.”
10 September 1863: “Carrie is well, has never been sick, is a bright lively, intelligent little child, has four teeth, and begins to talk and walk.”
Item description: Letter, 10 September 1863, from Edmund Kirby Smith to his mother Frances Kirby Smith. More about Edmund Kirby Smith: Edmund Kirby-Smith (1824-1893) was a United States Army officer, Confederate Army general, president of the University of Nashville, and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged children, Edmund Kirby-Smith, family, Frances Kirby Smith, Louisiana, Shreveport, Texas
Comments Off on 10 September 1863: “Carrie is well, has never been sick, is a bright lively, intelligent little child, has four teeth, and begins to talk and walk.”
14 February 1863: “This is Valentines day and I hope to get one from her.”
Item description: Letter, 14 February 1863, believed to be from James M. and Laura Gwyn to their aunt, Mary Elizabeth (“Lizzie”) Garrett Lenoir. Item citation: From folder 151 of the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of Murfreesboro, family, Gwyn family, holidays, home front, Lenoir family, love, Mary Elizabeth Garrett Lenoir, poetry, runaways, slaves, Valentine's Day
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12 February 1863: “I am here gathering up conscripts straglers and absentees and hope you will come up before I leave”
Item description: Letter, 12 February 1863, from Robert E. Brumby to his sister Sarah Simpson, while he was on leave in Goodman, Mississippi. [Item transcription available below images.] Item citation: From the Simpson and Brumby Family Papers, #1408-z, Southern Historical Collection, The … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged absentees, Brumby family, Emancipation Proclamation, family, Goodman, home front, illness, Mississippi, peace, Robert E. Brumby, Sarah Brumby Simpson
Comments Off on 12 February 1863: “I am here gathering up conscripts straglers and absentees and hope you will come up before I leave”
11 February 1863: “I find myself disappointed upon inquiring as the the efficiency of the artificial legs, and will have to make up my mind to be a worse cripple than I had hoped for.”
Item description: Letter, 11 February 1863, from Walter Lenoir to his brother Thomas Isaac Lenoir. Item citation: From folder 151 of the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: [Thos. I. Lenoir] Tucker’s … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged artificial limbs, Civil War medicine, family, Lenoir family, Thomas Isaac Lenoir, Walter Waightstill Lenoir
Comments Off on 11 February 1863: “I find myself disappointed upon inquiring as the the efficiency of the artificial legs, and will have to make up my mind to be a worse cripple than I had hoped for.”