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Tag Archives: home front
27 June 1862: “he says he fears a famine for the country. isn’t it a fearful prospect?”
Item description: Letter, 27 June 1862, from Jane Caroline North Pettigrew (wife of Charles Lockhart Pettigrew) to her brother-in-law, William S. Pettigrew. The letter illustrates how dispersed the Pettigrew family has become at this point in the war. The writer, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged body servants, Charles Pettigrew, Chatham County, Cherry Hill Plantation, home front, James Johnston Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, North Carolina, Peter, Pettigrew family, plantations, slavery, slaves, South Carolina, William S. Pettigrew
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18 June 1862: “I hear he gives as an excuse for running that his powder was wet, that is story for it had been a fine day and every gun cracked as clear as a whistle.”
Item description: Letter, 18 June 1862, from Benjamin Edward (“Eddy”) Stiles Jr., of the 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, to his mother Mary Ann Mackay Stiles. He writes of war news (such as J.E.B. Stuart’s June 1862 ride around the … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 16th Georgia Volunteer Infantry Regiment, Benjamin Edward Stiles Jr., Eddy Stiles, family, home front, J.E.B. Stuart, Mackay family, Stiles family
Comments Off on 18 June 1862: “I hear he gives as an excuse for running that his powder was wet, that is story for it had been a fine day and every gun cracked as clear as a whistle.”
8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”
Item description: Entry, 8 June 1862, from the diary of Sarah Lois Wadley. She records news of the war and comments on Union Gen. Benjamin Butler’s infamous General Order No. 28 (the so-called “Woman’s Order”). Item citation: In the Sarah … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged General Benjamin Franklin Butler, General Order No. 28, general orders, home front, New Orleans, Richmond, southern women, Vicksburg, Woman's Order, women
Comments Off on 8 June 1862: “that infamous proclamation of Gen. Butler’s was issued in consequence of the ladies of New Orleans have sent back the cards sent to them by Mrs. Butler!”
5 June 1862: “Commencement Ball Announcement, Complimentary to The Graduating Class”
Item description: A commencement ball invitation from 5 June 1862. As the war progressed the student body at the University of North Carolina began to change drastically. By the fall of 1861, only 91 students remained at the University after many … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Chapel Hill, colleges, education, home front, homefront, North Carolina, student body, students, University of North Carolina
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1 June 1862: “This is the first day of summer, a summer which promises to bring sadness to us, evils thicken around, and the clouds are no longer gathering, they seem about to burst…”
Item description: Entry, dated 1 June 1862, from the diary of Sarah Wadley. More about Sarah Lois Wadley: Sarah Lois Wadley was born in 1844 in New Hampshire, the daughter of railroad superintendent William Morrill Wadley (1813-1882) and Rebecca Barnard … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged diaries, home front, Sarah Lois Wadley, Vicksburg, Wadley family, women
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23 May 1862: “Men of the south! Shall our mothers, our wives, our daughters and sisters, be thus outraged by the ruffianly soldiers of the North, to whom is given the right to treat, at their pleasure, the ladies of the South as common harlots?”
Item description: The Wilmington Daily Journal of 23 May 1862 included this compilation of material related to General Benjamin F. Butler’s General Order No. 28. Declaring that “ladies of New Orleans” who “shall, by word, gesture or movement, insult or … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged editorials, Gen. Beauregard, Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard, General Benjamin Franklin Butler, general orders, home front, homefront, honor, Louisiana, New Orleans, southern women, Wilmington, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal, women
Comments Off on 23 May 1862: “Men of the south! Shall our mothers, our wives, our daughters and sisters, be thus outraged by the ruffianly soldiers of the North, to whom is given the right to treat, at their pleasure, the ladies of the South as common harlots?”
18 May 1862: “Horace came out of the skirmish safe, but was killed by a sentinel whom he, himself, had put upon guard and told to shoot any one who came near.”
Item description: Entry, dated 18 May 1862, from the diary of Sarah Wadley. More about Sarah Lois Wadley: Sarah Lois Wadley was born in 1844 in New Hampshire, the daughter of railroad superintendent William Morrill Wadley (1813-1882) and Rebecca Barnard … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged diaries, home front, Louisiana, Oakland, Sarah Wadley, women
Comments Off on 18 May 1862: “Horace came out of the skirmish safe, but was killed by a sentinel whom he, himself, had put upon guard and told to shoot any one who came near.”
7 May 1862: “Whereas, At the time prescribed by law for listing taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were in the military service of their State and of the Confederate States…”
Item description: This ordinance, passed by North Carolina’s Secession Convention, instructs sheriffs to “collect only the single tax” (rather than a “double tax”) from soldiers who had failed to list their taxes in a timely manner due to military service. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged finances, home front, homefront, military service, North Carolina, Secession Convention, soldier conditions, taxes
Comments Off on 7 May 1862: “Whereas, At the time prescribed by law for listing taxable property in this State, many of its citizens were in the military service of their State and of the Confederate States…”
28 April 1862: “…it was going the rounds, that we were toasting the Federals, and had them for regular beaux.”
Item description: Entry, dated 28 April 1862, from the diary of Cora Alice Ready. More about Cora Alice Ready: Cora Alice Ready (1842-1890) was born and grew up in Tennessee. Although her family lived in Murfreesboro, Tenn., Cora Alice, who … Continue reading
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Tagged C. Alice Ready, diaries, home front, women
Comments Off on 28 April 1862: “…it was going the rounds, that we were toasting the Federals, and had them for regular beaux.”
20 April 1862: “This is Easter Sunday, at the commencement of Lent the Yankee papers said that in forty days the stars and stripes should float over New Orleans, their boast has not been verified.”
Item description: In this diary entry, Sarah Lois Wadley (1844-1920) describes the Battle of Shiloh and the Confederate loss of Ft. Pulaski. More about Sarah Lois Wadley: Sarah Lois Wadley was born in 1844 in New Hampshire, the daughter of … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Shiloh, diaries, Fort Pulaski, home front, New Orleans, Sarah Lois Wadley, women
Comments Off on 20 April 1862: “This is Easter Sunday, at the commencement of Lent the Yankee papers said that in forty days the stars and stripes should float over New Orleans, their boast has not been verified.”