Tag Archives: Navy

13 January 1865: “nothing at all to bother us except the mud”

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Item Description: Letter dated 13 January 1865 written by James A. Graham to his mother. Graham, a native of Hillsborough, N.C., served as an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Item … Continue reading →

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18 December 1864: “I want to fight the Yankees with our gun boat but they is aferd to come in shooting distance”

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Item Description: Letter from Jerome Riggins to Martin Moser about conditions near Kinston NC, including Union reluctance to engage with the Confederate “gun boat.” The boat referred to is likely the CSS Neuse, which sunk in March 1865 when the crew … Continue reading →

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5 December 1864: “Stuck on the Bar, was fired on, when the crew abandoned her.”

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Item Description: The DeRosset family lived in Wilmington, NC during the Civil War and many of the family’s men were in the confederate army and navy. Much of the letters in the collection deal with the blockade, refugees, and the health of … Continue reading →

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31 October 1864: “After Ram had been sunk.”

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Item Description:  A photograph of a sketch of the naval attack at Plymouth, N.C. on 31 October 1864. Inscription on the back describes the moment the sketch depicts.  Item Citation: From Unit 3, in the Confederate Papers #172, Southern Historical Collection, The … Continue reading →

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22 October 1864: Orders for Blockaders off the Eastern & Western Bars

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Item Description: A broadside containing General Orders for the operation of blockaders off the Eastern and Western Bars in North Carolina. The orders explain how the blockade operated and communicated via light signals and whistles. They also outlined procedures for … Continue reading →

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21 September 1864: “My sleeping quarters will not be quite as comfortable”

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Item Description: James Gifford writes to his parents about his journey home to them in New Bedford, Massachusetts . He was a Naval officer stationed off the coast of North Carolina. Citation: Folder 3, in the James Gifford Papers #4493-z, Southern … Continue reading →

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