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Tag Archives: Fayetteville
28 March 1865: “I am once more a free man, Thank God!”
Item Description: Stephen Tippet Andrews served in the 85th New York Infantry Regiment during the War. In Spring 1864 he was captured by the confederates and imprisoned in Columbia. This letter was written upon his release. He describes his escape from prison … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Annapolis, Charlotte, Civil War, Columbia, Escape, Fayetteville, Maryland, North Carolina, prisoner-of-war, Stephen Tippet Andrews, Union Officer
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6 March 1865: ” What have you decided to do with your family and yourself in case the enemy come to Raleigh?”
Item Description: William Horn Battle was born in Edgecombe County in 1802, graduated from the University of North Carolina in 1820. He served on a commission that revised the statutory laws of North Carolina in 1833. In 1840, he was appointed … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Battle Family Papers, Chapel Hill, Charelston, cotton, Fayetteville, Kemp Battle, Raleigh, Sherman, William H. Battle
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4 August 1863: “Surely, thought I, there is some virtue left in the people yet – and with many thanks we parted with the good old gentleman.”
Item description: Entry, 4 August 1863, from the diary of Captain Lewis H. Webb, Company D, 12th Virginia Artillery Battalion. [Transcription available below image] Item citation: From the diary of L.H. Webb, Lewis Henry Webb Papers, #1767, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 12th Virginia Artillery Battalion, Averasboro, civilians, diaries, Fayetteville, Lewis Webb
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13 February 1863: “Attention! Conscripts! Recruits Wanted!”
Item description: This broadside, with a purported date written in pencil on the bottom left of the document, calls for recruits to the defend the “Old North State” and “drive back the vile invaders of our soil.” Item Transcription: … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 5th North Carolina Cavalry Regiment, 63rd Regiment North Carolina Troops, Archibald McFadyen, bounty pay, broadsides, Confederate conscription laws, conscription, Fayetteville, North Carolina, R. W. Hardie, recruitment, volunteer troops
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5 October 1862: “Colonel Shaw’s body servant says the troops have left, and are in the vicinity of Wilmington, on account of yellow fever. The conscripts are from 14 to 50 years old. Many of them ran away.”
Item description: “Report of Acting Rear-Admiral Lee, U. S. Navy, regarding affairs in and about Wilmington, N. C., and the inefficiency of the blockade.” The report discusses naval actions near Wilmington, North Carolina, including reports of contraband, blockade activities, a … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Cape Fear River, coastal areas, coastal defenses, conscription, contrabands, disease, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Arsenal, ironclads, naval, naval operations, North Carolina, U.S.S. Minnesota, United States Navy, Wilmington, yellow fever
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29 March 1862: “we are now on the sea of a decisive contest, and all hearts are anxious about the result…”
Item description: Diary entry written by Jane Evans Elliot. More about Jane Evans Elliot: Jane Evans Elliot (1820-1882) was a diarist in Fayetteville, N.C. Her husband was Alexander Elliot, a lumberman who served in the North Carolina House of Commons, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged diaries, Fayetteville, Jane Evans Elliot, North Carolina, religion, religious beliefs
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5 June 1861: “…jurisdiction…is hereby ceded to the Confederate States of America, for the purpose of maintaining and erecting therein Arsenals, Magazines, or other necessary buildings…”
Item description: “An Ordinance Vesting in the Confederate States of America Jurisdiction Over Certain Tracts of Land in the Town of Fayetteville and County of Cumberland” No. 2. Item Transcription: [No. 2.] AN ORDINANCE VESTING IN THE CONFEDERATE STATES OF … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Confederate States of America, Cumberland County, Fayetteville, Fayetteville Arsenal, ordinances, Secession Convention
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