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Tag Archives: railroads
19 December 1864: “will pay $450 per year for Train hands, Firemen and Mechanics”
Item Description: Notice dated 19 December 1864 from the Richmond and Danville Railroad hiring hands at $450 and $400 per annum. Item Citation: Folder 7, George W. Burwell Papers, #04291, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged George W. Burwell, notice, railroads, Richmond and Danville Railroad
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1 June 1864: “A Friend has left with us a rather curious piece of Yankee iron-mongery . . . “
Item Description: news item, The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 1 June 1864, page 2 column 3. Transcription: “A friend has left with us a rather curious piece of Yankee iron-mongery, weighing some six pounds, we should think. It is sort … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Petersburg Weldon Railroad, railroads, sabotage, Wilmington (N.C.) Daily Journal
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28 February 1864: “I am heartily disgusted with public opinion.”
Item Description: William Dudley Gale wrote in this letter, 28 February 1864, to his wife, Kate Polk Gale, describing the destruction wrought by the Yankees on Meridian, Ala., and Enterprise, Ala., and defended the much maligned strategy of his father-in-law, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Demopolis (Ala.), Enterprise (Ala.), finances, Gen. William T. Sherman, Kate Polk Gale, Leonidas Polk, Meridian (Ala.), railroads, Selma and Jackson railroad, William Dudley Gale
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19 November 1863: “To-day (Thanksgiving day) when the service commenced the shelling commenced too, and stopped just at the conclusion of our sermon.”
Item description: Letter, dated 19 November 1863, from Henry Deas Lesesne to William S. Pettigrew. In this letter, Henry describes the death of a relative, Mrs. North, and arrangements to care financially for the son of Pettigrew’s deceased brother. Lesesne … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged banks, bonds, Charleston (S.C.), death, grief, Henry Lesesne, railroads, real estate, shelling, stocks, William Pettigrew
Comments Off on 19 November 1863: “To-day (Thanksgiving day) when the service commenced the shelling commenced too, and stopped just at the conclusion of our sermon.”
28 October 1863: “I am the only officer with our Co now. The Co is a mere shadow of what it was when we left Gordonsville about 3 weeks ago.”
Item description: In this letter, 28 October 1863, James Augustus Graham, an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, wrote again to his parents about the recent Battle of Bristoe Station. He provided a detailed description … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Battle of Bristoe Station, Brandy Station (Va.), casualties, Colonel John A. Gilmer Jr., Culpeper Court House (Va.), Front Royal (Va.), General William Whedbee Kirkland, Gordonsville Va., James Augustus Graham, Lieutenant Colonel George F. Whitfield, Major General Henry Heth, Major Joseph C. Webb, Orange Guards, railroads, Rappahannock River, Sperryville (Va.)
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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
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
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.”
30 September 1863: “…we took the cars for Charlottes-ville, which place we reached without any remarkable incident …”
Item description: Diary entry, dated 30 September 1863, written by Charles Dabney. He describes his journey to Charlottesville to begin classes at the University of Virginia. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 1 of the Cornelius Dabney Diary … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged boarding, Charles Dabney, Charlottesville (V.A.), prayer meeting, railroads, religion, University of Virginia
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13 November 1862: “So much for a little party.”
Item Description: a portion (text from columns 1 and 2; map and headlines from columns 3-4) of The New York Herald, 13 November 1862, page 1. Transcription: IMPORTANT FROM NORTH CAROLINA. ADVANCE OF THE UNION FORCES. Combined Naval and Military … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 3rd New York Artillery, Belger's Brigade, Fort Branch, Hamilton NC, Maine, maps, newspapers, North Carolina, railroads, The New York Herald, Weldon, Williamston NC, Wilmington and Weldon Railroad
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20 July 1862: “If a soldier or a legitimate follower of the army be fired upon from any house, the house shall be razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent prisoners to the headquarters of this army.”
Item description: General Orders, Number 7, dated 20 July 1862, issued by command of Major General John Pope. These orders appear as they were published in the Supplemental Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, In … Continue reading
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Tagged general orders, guerrilla warfare, John Pope, railroads, Shenandoah Valley
Comments Off on 20 July 1862: “If a soldier or a legitimate follower of the army be fired upon from any house, the house shall be razed to the ground, and the inhabitants sent prisoners to the headquarters of this army.”
15 July 1862: “…We have been compelled by the pressure of our enemies to give up more of our mother state to their brutal army.”
Item description: Letter, 15 July 1862, from Robert W. Parker of the 2nd Virginia Cavalry to his wife, Rebecca Louise Fitzhugh Walker Parker, at home in Bedford County, Va. Parker wrote of his company’s retreat from Culpeper to Rapidan Station, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged casualties, Chapel Hill, conscription, Culpeper, Gen. Richard Stoddert Ewell, Gen. Stonewall Jackson, railroads, Rapidan Station, Robert W. Parker
Comments Off on 15 July 1862: “…We have been compelled by the pressure of our enemies to give up more of our mother state to their brutal army.”