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Tag Archives: social life
13 August 1864: ” a very uncourteous visitor whoever he be”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 13 August 1864 from Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about her daily life with detail. She describes what she is reading and the people she talks with as well. There is a small note at … Continue reading
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Tagged diaries, diary, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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11 August 1864: “hear some vague rumours about our position there which awaken much anxiety and disquiet in our minds”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 11 August 1864 by Sarah Lois Wadley. In this entry she recounts the company that she has kept throughout the past weeks. She also briefly mentions her brother’s health as well. Item Citation: From volume … Continue reading
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Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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4 July 1864: “Your company with lady is requested at a celebration of the 4th of July, to be held in Fort Macon…”
Item Description: An invitation and order of exercises for the First Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers’ Fourth of July celebration at Fort Macon, North Carolina. The pre-printed invitation is addressed to “Collector Hendricks…with lady.” The celebration included a “National Salute,” … Continue reading
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Tagged celebrations, First Regiment North Carolina Union Volunteers, Fort Macon, Independence Day, invitations, July 4th, social life, United States Army
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17 December 1863: “I can tie my mustache in a bow-knot under my chin and am very handsome generally (see enclosed carte-de-visite).”
Item description: Letter, dated 17 December 1863, from Benjamin Lewis Blackford to his mother, Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford. The letter is written from his camp on Topsail Sound, and it is he expresses his disgust with Wilmington residents, who have … Continue reading
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Tagged Benjamin Lewis Blackford, Blackford Family, blockade running, climate, commodities prices, courtship, farming, Kidder Family, livestock, Mary Berkeley Minor Blackford, peanuts, plantations, social life, Topsail Sound (N.C.), Wilmington (NC)
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16 September 1863: “…it is so sweet to me to be petted if it is only by letter.”
Item description: Letter, dated 16 September 1863, from Frances “Fannie” Roulhac Hamilton to her husband, Daniel Heyward Hamilton. She discusses an unidentified illness and the spring where she and others are being treated, as well as the pregnancy of a … Continue reading
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Tagged Chattanooga (T.N.), clothing, D. H. Hamilton Jr., Frances Roulhac Hamilton, General Robert E. Lee, health, Hillsborough (N.C.), illness, John Bell Hood, Kittrell's Springs (N.C.), love letters, pregnancy, railroad, Raleigh and Gaston Railroad, Richmond (V.A.), social life
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6 April 1863: “I do not think it would be agreeable to military etiquette to call on a Col’s. wife and therefore, though I much desire her acquaintance, I think I must defer the pleasure until freed from my uniform.”
Item Description: Letter, 6 April 1863, from a Union solder named Carl, written in camp, New Bern, N.C., discussing the Confederate blockade of the river and the Union occupation of the town. The letter also mentions the free time the soldier had … Continue reading
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Tagged blockade, buttons, fishing, food, Neuse River, race, social life, union camps, Union soldiers
Comments Off on 6 April 1863: “I do not think it would be agreeable to military etiquette to call on a Col’s. wife and therefore, though I much desire her acquaintance, I think I must defer the pleasure until freed from my uniform.”