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Tag Archives: New Bern
2 April 1862: “These boats may not be heavily plated, but if fitted as rams they would be very formidable against my slight little craft.”
Item description: Report of Commander Rowan, U. S. Navy, regarding the construction by the enemy of three ironclad gunboats. To read more from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion, click here. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Commander S. C. Rowan, Confederate Navy, Elizabeth City, Gunboats, ironclads, naval, naval operations, New Bern, North Carolina, ships, sounds, United States Navy
Comments Off on 2 April 1862: “These boats may not be heavily plated, but if fitted as rams they would be very formidable against my slight little craft.”
25 March 1862: “the Generall in Command (Gen Branch) gave orders when he retreated to burn the City & set fires in severall places but the people who did not leave got out the engines & put out the fires.”
Item description: This is the third in a series of four letters, which were written in 1862 by William B. Alexander to his wife Mary F. Alexander. In this letter, Alexander writes describing his the wound he received during the Battle … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, battlefield souvenirs, camp life, New Bern, North Carolina, William B. Alexander, wounded soldiers
Comments Off on 25 March 1862: “the Generall in Command (Gen Branch) gave orders when he retreated to burn the City & set fires in severall places but the people who did not leave got out the engines & put out the fires.”
18 March 1862: “I stuck to it til a vile ball struck me on my brest plate the brest plate glanced the ball away it gave me quite a clip but did not hirt me…”
Item description: Letter, 18 March 1862, from Jeremiah Stetson, from New Bern, N.C., to his wife Abbie F. “Happy” Stetson, in Hanson, Massachusetts. Jeremiah Stetson was born in Pembroke, Mass., on 27 June 1810. At the outbreak of the Civil … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 23rd Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, Abbie Stetson, Battle of New Bern, contrabands, Jeremiah Stetson, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, scavenging
Comments Off on 18 March 1862: “I stuck to it til a vile ball struck me on my brest plate the brest plate glanced the ball away it gave me quite a clip but did not hirt me…”
14 March 1862: “Battle of Fort Thompson NC March 14, 1862”
Item description: Pictorial envelope depicting military action at Fort Thompson, located along the Neuse River, during the Battle of New Bern (North Carolina). Item citation: “Battle of Fort Thompson NC March 14, 1862,” [Envelopes]. [S.l. : s.n., 186-?-18–?] VCC970.7 C58, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of New Bern, battles, Burnside Expedition, Burnside's Army, envelopes, Fort Thompson, New Bern, North Carolina, pictorial envelopes, 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
Comments Off on 13 March 1862: Sketch showing the route to Newbern, pursued by the Burnside Expedition, March 13, & 14, 1862
7 September 1861: “Aunt Mary arrived here from Newbern last week. the Yankee droved her from it …”
Item description: Twelve-year-old Susie Mallett writes this letter to her relatives in Chapel Hill while her father, Peter Mallett, served in the 3rd North Carolina Infantry. In the letter, Susie notes the arrival of her aunt Mary Mallett from New … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Chapel Hill, New Bern, Peter Mallett, refugees, Susie Mallett
Comments Off on 7 September 1861: “Aunt Mary arrived here from Newbern last week. the Yankee droved her from it …”