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- Buck Lawler on 26 March 1865: “We had a small fight at Petersburg yesterday”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Todd Kesselring on 31 March 1865: “There would probably be no difficulty is getting the men to volunteer into this service but the difficulty is to procure the horses”
- Buck Lawler on 24 March 1865: “No matter if our country goes down tomorrow Lees name will stand first upon the pinnacle of fame, as the greatest of commanders living or dead.”
- Todd Kesselring on 22 March 1865: “I have just returned safe & sound from an expedition to Bentonville against Sherman”
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28 February 1865: “SALISBURY* you’ve left behind you, and the dead line and stockade! You have suffered great privations–they can never be repaid!”
Item Description: A poem written by George G. B. DeWolfe, known as “The Wandering Poet of New Hampshire,” for Union soldiers recently paroled from the Confederate prison at Salisbury, North Carolina. Item Citation: DeWolfe, George G. B. “Lines for the … Continue reading
7 June 1863: “L is for Lincoln, – Ah! woe to his crown / For Cotton, King Cotton is trampling him down…”
Item Description: Poem, dated 7 June 1863, from the John S. Henderson Papers. The unidentified author assigns a trait or subject relating to the Confederacy to each letter of the alphabet. Item citation: From folder 34 of the John S. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Cooleemee Hill, John S. Henderson, John Steele Henderson, poetry
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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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20 December 1861: “. . . on my lonely night’s watching . . .”
Item description: Poem, “The Picket Guard” written “For the Journal. / By a Lady.” The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 20 December 1861, page 2, column 2. For more on Civil War poetry, see the Library of Congress web page, … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged newspapers, poetry
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