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17 January 1865: “the triumphal march of Sherman through the heart of Georgia to the congress of Savannah are events significant of greater misfortunes in the coming spring campaign.”

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Item Description: A letter from Edmund Kirby-Smith to his mother describing plans to see each other in the spring and lamenting Sherman’s march through Georgia. Kirby-Smith was a confederate Army General during the war. Item Citation: From Folder 46, in … Continue reading →

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15 January 1865: “Nothing could induce me to pass my life in the midst of such strife”

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Item Description: A letter from Pauline Semmes to her husband, S. S. Semmes describing some life in Mobile, Alabama.     Item Citation: From Folder 1, in the S. S. Semmes Letter, #2089-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading →

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14 January 1865: “After all what is the use of “putting men into the Army” whether they be white or black if we cannot keep them there?”

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Item Description: Letter from William Porcher Miles to Gen. Beauregard about use of slaves as soldiers in Confederate Army.  Miles goes back on his earlier idea of arming the slaves because he believes that will make them more likely to … Continue reading →

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11 January 1865: “Their systematized falsehoods are so shameless and so notorious that all the world must distrust them.”

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Item Description: Letter from William Nelson Pendleton to his daughter who is abroad.  He writes about Confederate losses and the slowly dwindling morale of the people. Item Citation: Folder 43, in the William Nelson Pendleton Papers, #1466, Southern Historical Society, … Continue reading →

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9 January 1865: “That there shall be appointed by the President, by and with the advice and consent of the Senate, a General.”

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Item Description: A bill to provide for the appointment of a directing general of the armies of the Confederate States. [Scans courtesy of Internet Archive and Duke University Library. This item can also be found via the Rare Book Collection, University of … Continue reading →

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8 January 1865: “That army had suffered much in its morale by the long succession of retreats from Dalton”

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Item Description: Letter from Jefferson Davis to his nephew Hugh.  He writes about issues with the Confederate military and government. Item Citation: From Folder 1, in the Mary Stamps Papers, #1453-z, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading →

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28 December 1864: “our only pleasure now is in seeing our friends”

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Item Description: Entry dated 28 December 1864 from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia.  Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading →

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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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26 December 1864: “If we are Conquered I see no reason why we should receive our enemies as friends”

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Item Description: Entry dated 26 December 1864 from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia.  Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading →

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25 December 1864: “This is the saddest Christmas that I have ever spent”

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Item Description: Entry dated 25 December 1864, Christmas Day, from the journal of Fanny Cohen Taylor, describing Northern occupation of Savannah, Georgia.  Item Citation: Folder 46, Volume 7, Phillips and Myers Family Papers, #00596, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina … Continue reading →

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