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Tag Archives: General John G. Foster
21 February 1864: “In general the condition of affairs in East Tennessee was so much improved as to produce a decided feeling of confidence.”
Item: “Report of Major General J. G. Foster of Operations in East Tennessee” in Supplemental Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Supplemental to Senate report no. 142, 38th Congress, 2d session . … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged East Tennessee, French Broad River, General Ambrose Burnside, General James Longstreet, General John G. Foster, General John Parke, General John Schofield, General Samuel D. Sturgis, General Ulysses S. Grant, Knoxville (Tenn.), supplies
Comments Off on 21 February 1864: “In general the condition of affairs in East Tennessee was so much improved as to produce a decided feeling of confidence.”
1 June 1863: “instead of belonging to Massa John Brown, they now belong to Massa Uncle Sam”
Item: news article, New York Herald, 1 June 1863, page 5, column 1. Transcription: NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Progress of the Negro Enlistments. Important Order on the Subject from Major General Foster, &c., &c., &c. Correspondence of Mr. Samuel R. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, African American regiments, enlistment, General Edward A. Wild, General John G. Foster, John Richter Jones, New Bern, The New York Herald, W. C. Hamilton & Company
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15 April 1863: “We would be out of ammunition in a few hours’ fire and have to remain under the fire of the rebel batteries and not [be able to] get up to New Berne or to return again.”
Item description: “Report of Lieutenant-Commander McCann, U. S. Navy, giving the views of Major-General Foster, U. S. Army, regarding boats in the Pamlico.” The report discusses naval actions near Washington, North Carolina, and includes the opinions of Major General John … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged ammunition, batteries, Blount's Creek, General John G. Foster, Hill's Point, naval, naval operations, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, supplies, Tar River, U.S.S Hunchback, U.S.S. Escort, U.S.S. Southfield, United States Navy, W. P. McCann, Washington (N.C)
Comments Off on 15 April 1863: “We would be out of ammunition in a few hours’ fire and have to remain under the fire of the rebel batteries and not [be able to] get up to New Berne or to return again.”
14 April 1863: “The Comdg Gen. leaves temporarily and for the purpose of putting himself at the head of a relieving force, and having raised the siege expects soon to return.”
Item Description: Copy of Union General John Gray Foster’s 14 April 1863 Order commending the troops, enclosed in a 17 April 1863 letter written to William L. Whitney of Cambridge, Massachusetts from his son in the Union army stationed at Washington, N.C. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged First Regiment North Carolina Volunteers, General John G. Foster, general orders, siege, Washington (N.C)
Comments Off on 14 April 1863: “The Comdg Gen. leaves temporarily and for the purpose of putting himself at the head of a relieving force, and having raised the siege expects soon to return.”
17 December 1862: “MAP of The Route Marched by the Foster Expedition Dec, 1862”
Item description: Newton Wallace, Company I, 27th Massachusetts Infantry, drew this map of the route the Foster expedition took through eastern North Carolina, moving from New Bern to Goldsboro in December 1862. It includes towns, railroads, roads, water features, and … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 27th Infantry (Massachusetts), Battle of Goldsboro Bridge, General Foster, General John G. Foster, Goldsboro, hand-drawn maps, maps, New Bern, Newton Wallace, North Carolina, Union occupation, Union soldiers
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13 March 1862: Sketch showing the route to Newbern, pursued by the Burnside Expedition, March 13, & 14, 1862
Item description: This map is included with Major General J. G. Foster’s report to the Joint Committee on The Conduct of the War, a Congressional oversight committee set up in 1861. Although Foster’s report was published in 1866, the map … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, Burnside, Burnside Expedition, Burnside's Army, coastal areas, Fort Macon, General John G. Foster, maps, Morehead City, Neuse River, New Bern, North Carolina, Union occupation
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6 February 1862: Sketch Showing Route of the Burnside Expedition
Item description: This map is included with Major General J. G. Foster’s report to the Joint Committee on The Conduct of the War, a Congressional oversight committee set up in 1861. Although Foster’s report was published in 1866, the map … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Burnside, Burnside Expedition, Burnside's Army, General John G. Foster, maps, North Carolina, occupation, Pamlico Sound, Union occupation
Comments Off on 6 February 1862: Sketch Showing Route of the Burnside Expedition