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Tag Archives: clothing
14 March 1865: “I think I shall like the army first rate.”
Item Description: Letter dated 14 March 1865 from Edmund Jones, Jr. to his father Edmund Jones. He had recently joined the army after studying at Bingham Academy. After the war, he would go on to study at the University of … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 3rd North Carolina Cavalry, clothing, desertion, Edmund W. Jones, Edmund Walter Jones, food
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11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
Item Description: Report, dated 11 February 1865, of the Special Committee on the Pay and Clothing of the Army, House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. [Scans courtesy of Internet Archive and Duke University Library. This item can also be found … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged clothing, Confederate Army, reports, soldiers' pay, supplies
Comments Off on 11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
20 January 1865: “more despondent than I ever was in my life”
Item Description: Letter dated 20 January 1965 by Robert W. Parker. Parker was a farmer in Bedford County, Va. He served as 4th Sergeant in the Virginia Cavalry for the Confederacy. He eventually was killed in action at Appomattox Courthouse, Va., … Continue reading
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Tagged clothes, clothing, food, food shortage, rations, Robert W. Parker
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8 December 1864: “the darkest and most gloomy time we have experienced since the war”
Item Description: Letter dated 8 December 1864 to Mary Elizabeth (Lizzie) Garrett Lenoir of East Fork of Pigeon, Haywood County, N.C. Item Citation: Folder 155, Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continue reading
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Tagged Catawba Springs, clothing, Col. Lowe, health, Lenoir family, marriage, prices, social conditions, social life
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4 December 1864: “he is really suffering for want of clothing”
Item Description: Letter dated 4 December 1864 from Catherine Roulhac to her father. Item Citation: Folder 91, Ruffin, Roulhac, and Hamilton Family Papers, #643, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Item Transcription: Hillsboro Dec … Continue reading
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Tagged Catherine Roulhac, clothing, Roulhac family, Ruffin family, Thomas Ruffin, weather
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15 October 1864: “it is in the latest style which I do not admire”
Item Description: Letter dated 15 October 1864 written by Anna Cochran to her cousin. She mainly writes about clothing. Item Citation: Folder 36, John S. Henderson Papers, #00327, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
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Tagged Anna Cochran, clothing, John S. Henderson Papers
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15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 December 1863, from Eliza Ann DeRosset to her sister (believed to be her sister Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis of Hillsborough, N.C.). The letter discusses supplies needed by various members of the family, particularly clothing. DeRosset also … Continue reading
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Tagged clothes, clothing, DeRosset family, Eliza Ann DeRosset, food, hiring out of slaves, homespun, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis, North Carolina, Osmyn, slavery, slaves, supplies, winter
Comments Off on 15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
13 December 1863: “…we all feel a supreme contempt for those who are secure from danger and hardships and employing their time in censoring the conduct of those who have for nearly three years stood as a wall of defense…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 13 December 1863, from W.J. Crook to Miss Hattie Crook at Columbia Female College in Columbia, South Carolina. He advises her how to fight a cold and expresses displeasure at criticisms of Confederate troops. [transcription available … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 13th Tennessee Regiment, 154th Tennessee Regiment, Civil War medicine, clothing, coffee, Georgia, health, illness, remedies
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3 November 1863: “…it is the nicest article I can find any where now, so I got forty yards…”
Item description: Letter, dated 3 November 1863, from Annie M. Schon in Atlanta to her sister Bettie Kimberly in Chapel Hill. She discusses their family, children, and the prices of clothing and food. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From … Continue reading
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Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta (G.A.), Bettie Kimberly, Chapel Hill (NC), clothing, commodities prices, food, illness, John Kimberly, Kimberly family, travel
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4 October 1863: “The revival in our Brigade is still going on and there are a good many converts every day and almost everybody is becoming serious.”
Item description: In this letter, 4 October 1863, James Augustus Graham, an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, wrote home to his mother, updating her on his travel back to camp near Gordonsville, Va. He … Continue reading
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Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, clothing, Gordonsville Va., James Augustus Graham, Orange Guards, prices, prisoners-of-war, railroads, Raleigh N.C., religious revivals, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
Comments Off on 4 October 1863: “The revival in our Brigade is still going on and there are a good many converts every day and almost everybody is becoming serious.”