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Tag Archives: General William T. Sherman
16 April 1865: “…we got the news of Lee’s capture you had aught to have seen the excitement…”
Item Description: Letter dated 16 April 1865 from I. Shoger to his wife. A Union soldier stationed in Raleigh, North Carolina, Shoger writes to his wife about the excitement surrounding Lee’s surrender. Item Citation: Folder 49, Federal Soldiers Letters, #3185, … Continue reading
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Tagged Federal Soldiers' Letters, General William T. Sherman, Lee's surrender, Raleigh N.C., Smithfield (N.C.)
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11 April 1865: “your favor to its defenseless inhabitants generally”
Item Description: Letter dated 11 April 1865 from Zebulon B. Vance to General William T. Sherman authorizing the surrender of Raleigh. He requests protection for many vulnerable entities of the city. Item Citation: Folder 2, Cornelia Phillips Spencer Papers, #683, … Continue reading
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Tagged Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, Raleigh, Raleigh N.C., surrender, Zebulon Vance
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24 February 1865: “Sunday night about 6 P.M. we got the word officially that Charleston was ours…”
Item Description: Letter dated 24 February 1865 from Jonathan Lewis Whitaker to his wife, Julia A. Wells Whitaker. He was a physician from Orange County, New York serving with the 26th United States Colored Troops near Beaufort, South Carolina. Whitaker … Continue reading
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Tagged 26th United States Colored Troops, Beaufort (S.C.), Charleston (S.C.), Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker, Savannah, Savannah Ga.
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22 February 1865: “I have seen the “Abomination of Desolation”. It is even worse than I thought. The place is literally in ruins.””
Item description: Entry, dated 22 February 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. Item citation: From the Emma LeConte Diary, #420-z, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at … Continue reading
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Tagged burning of Columbia, Columbia (S.C.), diary, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman
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17 February 1865: ” the U.S. flag run up over the State house. O what a horrid sight! what a degradation!”
Item Description: Entry, dated 17 February 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. She writes about the capture of the city of Columbia. Item Citation: From the Emma LeConte Diary, #420-z, Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged capture, Columbia (S.C.), diary, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, shelling
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16 February 1865: “He calls himself a Confederate spy or scout and is an oddity”
Item Description: Entry, dated 16 February 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. Emma provides a detailed account of shelling beginning in Columbia. Item Citation: From the Emma LeConte Diary, #420-z, Southern … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia (S.C.), Confederate spy, diary, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, shelling
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15 February 1865: “The alarm bell is ringing. […] ‘It is the Yankees.'”
Item Description: Entry, dated 15 February 1865, from the diary of Emma Florence LeConte, the daughter of scientist Joseph LeConte of Columbia, S.C. Emma writes about the impending destruction of Columbia. Item Citation: From the Emma LeConte Diary, #420-z, Southern Historical Collection, … Continue reading
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Tagged Columbia (S.C.), diaries, Emma LeConte, Emma LeConte Diary, Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, South Carolina, Union occupation, University of South Carolina, women
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10 November 1864: “Gen Sherman says it will be the grandest move of the war.”
Item Description: Letter dated 10 November 1964, written by Joseph S. Reynolds. He was an officer of the 64th Illinois Infantry Regiment and the Yates Sharpshooters, taking part in 17 battles, including Sherman’s March to the Sea. In this letter, … Continue reading
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Tagged 64th Illinois Infantry Regiment, Gen. William T. Sherman, General William T. Sherman, Joseph S. Reynolds, Marietta (Ga.), Sherman's March to the Sea, Yates Sharpshooters
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3 September 1864: “they curse Hood beyond all account”
Item Description: Letter, 3 September 1864, from George Washington Baker to his mother. Baker hailed from Washington County, N.Y., and served with Company K, 123rd New York Volunteers in the Civil War. Item Citation: From folder 5 of the George … Continue reading
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Tagged 123rd New York Volunteers, Atlanta campaign, General Hood, General Ulysses S. Grant, General William T. Sherman, George Washington Baker, United States Army
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19 August 1864: “I do not see how Sherman is ever to force us out of Atlanta”
Item Description: Letter dated 19 August 1864 from William Dudley Gale to his wife. He joined the Confederate Army as a staff officer for his father in law, General Leonidas Polk, in the fall of 1862. After the general’s death … Continue reading
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Tagged Alexander P. Stewart, Atlanta, Atlanta (Ga.), Gen. William T. Sherman, General Stewart, General William T. Sherman, William Dudley Gale
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