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Tag Archives: Fredericksburg
2 December 1862: “This division of the enemy’s force seem to me very strange, but so many reports may indicate some movement of the enemy and I send them to you that you may be prepared.”
Item description: Letter, 2 December 1862, from Robert E. Lee to Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. Item citation: From folder 248 in the Charles William Dabney Papers #1412 in the Southern Historical Collection, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Hd Qrs. Army Northern … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Fredericksburg, Robert E. Lee, Stonewall Jackson
Comments Off on 2 December 1862: “This division of the enemy’s force seem to me very strange, but so many reports may indicate some movement of the enemy and I send them to you that you may be prepared.”
28 November 1862: “We are confident that we can handle any 60,000 Burnside has…”
Item description: Letter, 28 November 1862, from Alexander Swift (“Sandie”) Pendleton, officer on the staff of Stonewall Jackson, Second Corps, Army of Northern Virginia, to his father Gen. William N. Pendleton. Item citation: From folder 29 of the William Nelson Pendleton Papers, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Alexander Swift Pendleton, Fredericksburg, General Ambrose Burnside, Second Corps, William Nelson Pendleton
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24 November 1862: “He did not live long after the fight but we could not hear from him until these men came over and were exchanged.”
Item description: Letter, 24 November 1862, from James Augustus Graham (1841-1908) to his mother Susannah Washington Graham (1816-1890) in Hillsborough, N.C. Graham, then a corporal in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, described his travels to catch up … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Battle of Sharpsburg, Fredericksburg, George W. Woods, James A. Graham, James Augustus Graham, military promotion, Orange Guards, refugees, Susannah Washington Graham
Comments Off on 24 November 1862: “He did not live long after the fight but we could not hear from him until these men came over and were exchanged.”
22 May 1862: “I hope you destroy my letters.”
Item description: Letter, 22 May 1862, from Lavinia Morrison Dabney at the Union Theological Seminary (Farmville, Va.) to her husband, Robert Lewis Dabney, who served in the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia, first as a chaplain with the 18th Virginia … Continue reading
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Tagged Farmville Va., Fredericksburg, homefront, Lavinia Morrison Dabney, refugees, Richmond, Robert Lewis Dabney
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