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Tag Archives: Samuel A. Agnew
20 May 1864: “If only the half of what we hear is true we have gained great and glorious victories.”
Item description: In this diary entry dated 20 May 1864, Samuel A. Agnew, a Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen in Tippah and Lee counties, Mississippi, noted confirmed victories at Spotsylvania and Drury’s Bluff and rumors of casualties and … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Spotsylvania, Corinth (Miss.), Drury's Bluff, General Cadwallader C. Washburn, General John Sedgwick, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Nathaniel P. Banks, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General William T. Sherman, Memphis (Tenn.), Resaca (Ga.), rumors, Samuel A. Agnew, troop movements
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11 March 1864: “Beauregard has whipped the Yankees at Mud Creek (where is Mud Creek?)”
Item Description: In this entry dated 11 March 1864, Samuel Agnew, a Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen in Tippah and Lee counties, Mississippi, reported on some local disputes and third hand news of the war. Confederate Generals Lee, … Continue reading
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Tagged Dalton (Ga.), Florida, General Joseph E. Johnston, General Nathaniel P. Banks, General P.G.T. Beauregard, General Robert E. Lee, General William T. Sherman, Mud Creek, Pearl River, Samuel A. Agnew, Virginia
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29 February 1864: “there has been a big battle in Virginia in which the Yankees were as badly whipped as they ever have been.”
Item description: Diary entry, 29 February 1864, written by Samuel Andrew Agnew. Agnew grew up and attended college and seminary in Due West, S.C. In 1852, he moved to Mississippi, and thereafter lived in the northeastern part of the state, chiefly in … Continue reading
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Tagged diaries, Samuel A. Agnew, United States Army
Comments Off on 29 February 1864: “there has been a big battle in Virginia in which the Yankees were as badly whipped as they ever have been.”
25 January 1864: “He has had all the shops in Memphis pressed to shoe their horses preparitory to the raid.”
Item description: Diary entry, 25 January 1864, written by Samuel Andrew Agnew. Agnew grew up and attended college and seminary in Due West, S.C. In 1852, he moved to Mississippi, and thereafter lived in the northeastern part of the state, chiefly in … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. William T. Sherman, Samuel A. Agnew, Union raids, United States Army
Comments Off on 25 January 1864: “He has had all the shops in Memphis pressed to shoe their horses preparitory to the raid.”
13 January 1864: “The conscriptors have apprehended him several times but he always manages to get away from them.”
Item description: Diary entry, 13 January 1864, written by Samuel Andrew Agnew. Agnew grew up and attended college and seminary in Due West, S.C. In 1852, he moved to Mississippi, and thereafter lived in the northeastern part of the state, chiefly … Continue reading
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Tagged deserters, John Bishop, Samuel A. Agnew
Comments Off on 13 January 1864: “The conscriptors have apprehended him several times but he always manages to get away from them.”
16 December 1863: “The creeks will surely reach the highest water mark this time.”
Item Description: Diary entry, dated 16 December 1863, from the Samuel A. Agnew Diary. He discusses extraordinary rainfall and a lack of news of the war. [transcription available below image] Item Citation: From folder 9 of the Samuel A. Agnew … Continue reading
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Tagged rain, Samuel A. Agnew, weather
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7 December 1863: “He says nearly all the negroes there would come back to their masters if they were not afraid that they would be whipped and sold.”
Item description: Entry, dated 7 December 1863, in the Samuel A. Agnew Diary. [Transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 9 of the Samuel A. Agnew Diary #923, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Corinth, Mississippi, sale of slaves, Samuel A. Agnew, slavery, slaves
Comments Off on 7 December 1863: “He says nearly all the negroes there would come back to their masters if they were not afraid that they would be whipped and sold.”
1 December 1863: “The status of the Yankees is mysterious.”
Item description: Entry, dated 1 December 1863, in the Samuel A. Agnew Diary. In this entry, Agnew describes a miscommunication about the whereabouts and strength of Forrest, Ferguson, and Lee’s units and uncertainty about the location of Union troops. Agnew … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Chickamauga, Corinth (Miss.), General Braxton Bragg, Knoxville (Tenn.), Lowry's Brigade, Nathan Bedford Forrest, New Albany (Miss.), Orizaba (Miss.), Robert E. Lee, Samuel A. Agnew
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21 November 1863: “In Buncombe the cavalry are scouring the country gathering up every man they find of conscript age and they have taken some that are beyond the age”
Item description: In this diary entry, dated 21 November 1863, Samuel A. Agnew recorded some of his usual comments on the weather and his doings and also noted the cavalry’s apparent ruthlessness in rounding up conscripts in Buncombe, Miss. Samuel … Continue reading
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Tagged Buncombe (Miss.), casualties, cavalry, conscription, diaries, Mississippi, Samuel A. Agnew
Comments Off on 21 November 1863: “In Buncombe the cavalry are scouring the country gathering up every man they find of conscript age and they have taken some that are beyond the age”
11 November 1863: “I am slow to believe the evacuation of Corinth.”
Item Description: Diary entry, 11 November 1863. Samuel A. Agnew was a Presbyterian minister, teacher, farmer, and prominent local citizen in Mississippi. The diary entry details Agnew’s thoughts about the certain happenings of the war. [Item transcription available below image] … Continue reading
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Tagged black regiment, Corinth, evacuation, prisoners, Samuel A. Agnew
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