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Tag Archives: Tarboro
12 November 1864: “The Yankees is not doing at Plymouth as yet only taking Brandy and getting drunk”
Item Description: Letter written by John Blekepon to William S. Pettigrew in response to Pettigrew’s letter on November 5th. In the letter he discusses sending Pettigrew’s belongings, Union activity in Plymouth, NC, and Pettigrew’s personal health. Item Citation: Folder 270 … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged North Carolina, Pettigrew family, Plymouth, Tarboro
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12 October 1863: “Unless we can get corn from some other county than this, I am afraid there will be great suffering among the poor of this vicinity.”
Item description: Letter, 12 October 1863, from Judge William H. Battle to his son, Richard Battle. The letter reveals his anxiety about provisions for the coming winter. Food shortages caused the prices on crops to skyrocket in Orange County, North … Continue reading
15 July 1863: “I was very much inclined to ask him particularly concerning you, but I was afraid he would suspect something”
Item Description: In this love letter from 15 July 1863, William Gaston Lewis writes to his future wife (they were married in 1864) Martha Lucinda Pender (Mitte) after the Battle of Gettysburg. In it, Lewis mentions his promotion due to … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Gettysburg, love letters, Richmond, Tarboro
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21 March 1863: “Her bondage, if such it can be called, sits lightly upon her; but she has no sympathy for rebels…”
Item description: Published letter, dated 21 March 1863, written by Corporal Zenas T. Haines, Company D, 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment. The letter is an excerpt from Haines’ account, Letters from the Forty-Fourth Regiment M.V.M.: A Record of the Experience of a Nine … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 44th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, African Americans, food, Henrietta, Massachusetts, New Bern, North Carolina, slaves, spring, Tar River, Tarboro, Union occupation, Zenas T. Haines
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30 June 1861: “I write to you as I talk to you, although you may be ashamed of such tame love letters.”
Item description: Letter, 30 June 1861, from William Gaston Lewis to Martha (“Mittie” or “Mitt”) Lucinda Pender of Tarboro, N.C. Item citation: From the W. G. Lewis Papers #2314-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Martha Lucinda Pender, Tarboro, Virginia, William Gaston Lewis, Yorktown
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