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27 December 1864: “Discipline, order, energy, and enthusiasm were their leading characteristics”

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Item Description: Report by Colonel Jourdan, 158th New York Regiment, to Commander Dove, United States Navy, concerning the expedition to destroy the salt-works near Bear Inlet, North Carolina. Item Citation: Expedition to Bear Inlet, N.C. [New York : G. P. … Continue reading →

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19 August 1862: “They have burned and destroyed the salt works on the Sound, destroyed corn & pillaging as they go…”

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Item description: Clerk’s copy of a letter, dated 19 August 1862, from Captain E.W. Ward to Col. Collett Leventhorpe, colonel of the 11th North Carolina (and in charge of the defenses for the District of Wilmington). Item citation: From folder … Continue reading →

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