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Tag Archives: The New York Herald
17 June 1864: “By hook or by crook, Abraham Lincoln is bound to be re-elected President of the Northern States.”
Item Description: Editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N. C.), 17 June 1864. Transcription: By hook or by crook, Abraham Lincoln is bound to be re-elected President of the Northern States.—That, like his nomination at Baltimore, is a foregone conclusion. He … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Abraham Lincoln, Andrew Johnson, elections, Hannibal Hamlin, The New York Herald, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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15 October 1863: “Yankee Views of Charleston”
Item description: Newspaper article, “Yankee Views of Charleston,” as published in the Hillsborough Recorder on 4 November 1863 . The Recorder‘s article is a reprint of a report from Washington, D.C., that appeared in the [New York?] Herald on 15 … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Charleston, Charleston (S.C.), Charleston Harbor, Confederate Navy, ironclads, naval, naval operations, The Hillsborough Recorder, The New York Herald, United States Navy, war correspondents
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1 June 1863: “instead of belonging to Massa John Brown, they now belong to Massa Uncle Sam”
Item: news article, New York Herald, 1 June 1863, page 5, column 1. Transcription: NEWS FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Progress of the Negro Enlistments. Important Order on the Subject from Major General Foster, &c., &c., &c. Correspondence of Mr. Samuel R. … Continue reading
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Tagged 18th Regiment North Carolina Troops, African American regiments, enlistment, General Edward A. Wild, General John G. Foster, John Richter Jones, New Bern, The New York Herald, W. C. Hamilton & Company
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17 November 1862: “No Sentimental Journey”
Item Description: “No Sentimental Journey,” The New York Herald, 17 November 1862, page 1, column 3. Item Note: The writer refers to Kinston, N.C. as “Kingston.” Transcription: INTERESTING FROM NORTH CAROLINA. Adventures of One of Our Correspondents. NO SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged alcohol, clothing, contrabands, corn, cotton, foreign intervention, Goldsboro, Governor Zebulon Vance, Kinston, North Carolina, pork, salt, slaves, snuff, southern women, The New York Herald, tobacco, uniforms
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15 November 1862: “. . . when lo ! what did he hold in his hand but a wig.”
Item Description: excerpt from The New York Herald, 15 November 1862, page 1, column 3. Transcription: IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. General Foster’s Recent Movements and Their Results. The Losses Sustained by the Union Troops. THE TAR RIVER NAVAL EXPEDITION. Destruction … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 3rd New York Artillery, 3rd New York Calvary, Belger's Brigade, Bogue Inlet, Fort Branch, General Foster, Hamilton NC, New Bern, salt, Tar River, The New York Herald, Union signal corps, Williamston NC, Wilmington
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13 November 1862: “So much for a little party.”
Item Description: a portion (text from columns 1 and 2; map and headlines from columns 3-4) of The New York Herald, 13 November 1862, page 1. Transcription: IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ADVANCE OF THE UNION FORCES. Combined Naval and Military … Continue reading
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Tagged 3rd New York Artillery, Belger's Brigade, Fort Branch, Hamilton NC, Maine, maps, newspapers, North Carolina, railroads, The New York Herald, Weldon, Williamston NC, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
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16 April 1862: “The telegraph brings us a considerable amount of something . . . our readers must decide.”
ITEM: editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 16 April 1862, page 2, column 1. CITATION: Editorial, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 16 April 1862, page 2, column 1. North Carolina Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh, defection, Gen. George McClellan, Hampton Roads, newspapers, The New York Herald, Virginia, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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27 February 1862: “Latest from the North.”
Item description: News briefs of 27 February 1862 from various Northern newspapers, as reprinted on 5 March 1862 in the State Journal (Raleigh, N.C.). Item citation: Weekly State Journal, 5 March 1862. Raleigh, N.C.: John Spelman. C071 S79j. North Carolina … Continue reading
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Tagged newspapers, North Carolina, Raleigh, Tennessee, The New York Herald, The State Journal
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25 January 1862: “North Carolina Rebels in a Flutter”
Item Description: “The Burnside Expedition.” The New York Herald, 25 January 1862, page 1, column 6. Item Transcription (partial): THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. North Carolina Rebels in a Flutter. THE MILITIA OF THE STATE CALLED OUT. THE THEATRE OF OPERATIONS. … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnside Expedition, newspapers, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, The New York Herald
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24 January 1862: “An Attack Anticipated on Newbern and Roanoke Island, North Carolina.”
Item Description: “The Burnside Expedition.” The New York Herald, 24 January 1862, page 1, column 3. Item Transcription: THE BURNSIDE EXPEDITION. Arrival of Expeditionary Fleet in Pamlico Sound. An Attack Anticipated on Newbern and Roanoke Island, North Carolina. Removal … Continue reading
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Tagged Burnside Expedition, children, newspapers, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, The New York Herald, women
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