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Tag Archives: Charleston
17 February 1863: “To arms, fellow citizens, come to share with us our dangers, our brilliant success, or our glorious death.”
Item Description: Letter, 17 February 1863, to the authorities and citizens of Savannah, GA, and Charleston, SC, warning of an impending attack on both cities, and Special Orders No. 44, issued to Brigadier General Thomas Lanier Clingman, advising his brigade to prepare … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged call to arms, Charleston, clingman's brigade, Confederate Army, Confederate States of America, naval operations, Savannah, special orders, Thomas Lanier Clingman, United States Navy
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5 February 1863: “On Saturday 31 we received the news of our glorious victory…”
Item description: Letter, dated 5 February 1863, from Louise Pettigru to Jane Caroline “Cary” North Pettigrew. This letter describes an attack by Confederate gunboats on Union blockaders outside the Charleston harbor. [pages 5 and 6 of letter missing] Item Citation: … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged blockade, Captain Ingraham, Charleston, Chicora, Edmund Kirby-Smith, General William Whiting, Ironsides, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, Palmetto State, South Carolina, St. Philip's Church, Vicksburg
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3 February 1863, “I very much fear that famine will be among the trials that avail our people…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 3 February 1863, from Jane Gibert Pettigrew North (abbreviated JGN) to her brother, James L. Pettigrew. She is writing from Badwell, a family plantation in South Carolina, to James while is is practicing law in Charleston. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Badwell Plantation, Charles Lockhart Pettigru, Charleston, corn, famine, hiring out of slaves, James L. Pettigrew, Jane Caroline "Carey" North Pettigrew, Jane Petigru North, Mary "Minnie" Charlotte North Allston, North Carolina, South Carolina
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2 October 1862: “Their is act past in this state for one fourth of the negros to go to charleston by the 10th of this month to bild fortifications and stay 30 days.”
Item description: Letter dated 2 October 1862 from A. M. Wallace, the overseer at a plantation near Gaston and Lincoln counties, N.C., to William A. Graham. Wallace sought Graham’s advice on several matters. He wanted guidance on how to manage … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged A. M. Wallace, Charleston, Dallas, fortifications, Lincoln, Lincoln County, N.C., runaways, slave labor, slavery, William A. Graham
Comments Off on 2 October 1862: “Their is act past in this state for one fourth of the negros to go to charleston by the 10th of this month to bild fortifications and stay 30 days.”
25 June 1862: The Daily Telegraph (single sheet)
ITEM: The Daily Telegraph, June 25, 1862, single sheet, 12.5 x 9.0 inches, printed on one side. CITATION: The Daily Telegraph (Raleigh, N.C.) 25 June 1862, single sheet. North Carolina Collection call number: VC071 C748 folder 5. Wilson Library, University … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged advertisements, Battle of Seven Pines, Bryan Grimes, Charleston, Gen. George McClellan, George B. Anderson, J.E.B. Stuart, Kentucky, New Orleans, newspapers, Richmond, Seven Days Battles, sickness
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18 April 1862: “…at this time, out of 800 men who formerly were active firemen 500 of them are in active service.”
Item description: Letter, dated 18 April 1862, from Moses Henry Nathan, Chief Engineer of the Charleston Fire Department, to William Porcher Miles, member of the Confederate House of Representatives and chair of its Military Affairs Committee. Nathan writes to ask … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston, Charleston fire, Confederate conscription laws, conscription, fire departments, firemen, Moses Henry Nathan, South Carolina, William Porcher Miles
Comments Off on 18 April 1862: “…at this time, out of 800 men who formerly were active firemen 500 of them are in active service.”
15 April 1862: “What are our forts worth – what safety can we feel even for Sumter?”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 April 1862, from William Henry Trescot to William Porcher Miles. In the letter, Trescot expresses his concerns over the defense of Charleston Harbor. William H. Trescot was a diplomat, legislator, and military officer born in Charleston, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Charleston, Charleston Harbor, coastal defenses, John C. Pemberton, Roswell S. Ripley, South Carolina, William H. Trescot, William Porcher Miles
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10 March 1862: “Subordination to Lee is one thing, subordination to Pemberton an entirely different thing.”
Item description: In this letter, dated 10 March 1862, William Henry Trescot, a South Carolina state legislator, wrote to William Porcher Miles, a member of the Confederate Congress, to complain of the injustice of Brigadier General Roswell S. Ripley being … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston, John C. Pemberton, Roswell S. Ripley, South Carolina, States Rights Gist, William Henry Trescot, William Porcher Miles
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9 January 1862: “…should your defences at Roanoke Island prove as ineffectual as ours at Port Royal, it will be dreadful indeed…”
Image description: Letter, 9 January 1862., from Jane Gilbert North to William Pettigrew, her cousin. [Transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 250 of the Pettigrew Family Papers, #592, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, … Continue reading
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Tagged Charleston, North Carolina, Pettigrew family, Roanoke Island, William Pettigrew, William Seward
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31 December 1861: “The fire which has swept through our dear old city is indeed an appalling calamity.”
Item description: Letter from “Uncle Henry” to Carie (Carey) Pettigrew about the Charleston fire, 31 December 1861 Item citation: from folder 249 in Pettigrew Family Papers #592, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Charleston, Pettigrew family, South Carolina
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