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Tag Archives: rations
3 January 1864: “Tha have cut our rashions down to a quarter of a pound of bacon and one pound of flower…”
Item description: Letter, dated 3 January 1863, from Jesse Miller to William and Mary Proffit of Wilkes County, NC. He describes sickness, cold weather, and food rations in his camp. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 4 in … Continue reading
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Tagged furlough, hospital, illness, Orange Court House (V.A.), Proffit family, rations, weather
Comments Off on 3 January 1864: “Tha have cut our rashions down to a quarter of a pound of bacon and one pound of flower…”
2 November 1863: “… some talk as if Ham was a going to attack Corinth but that is mere talk – unadulterated nonsense.”
Item description: Entry, dated 2 November 1863, from the diary of Samuel A. Agnew, an Associate Reformed Presbyterian minister and farmer in northern Mississippi. He discussed his personal activities and the potential movements of General Bragg and General Rosecrans. [transcription … Continue reading
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Tagged Corinth, Gen. William Rosecrans, General Braxton Bragg, Mississippi, rations, Tennessee River
Comments Off on 2 November 1863: “… some talk as if Ham was a going to attack Corinth but that is mere talk – unadulterated nonsense.”
14 October 1863: “The President has been here for some time…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 14 October 1863, from Lafayette McLaws to his wife. He discusses a visit from President Jefferson Davis, family affairs, weather, and troop movements. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 8 of the Lafayette McLaws … Continue reading
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Tagged Chattanooga (T.N.), Chicamauga River, children, food shortage, Jefferson Davis, Lafayette McLaws, rain, rations, shoes, Tennessee River, weather
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7 April 1863: “I woald be glad for the ware to come to eand and we cold cone home.”
Item description: Letter, dated 7 April 1863, from William Sprinkle, located near Fredericksburg, to Thomas Poindexter. This letter is part of a collection of material that was owned by John R. Peacock and transferred to the Southern Historical Collection in the … Continue reading
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Tagged 21st North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Fredericksburg, militias, rations, weather
Comments Off on 7 April 1863: “I woald be glad for the ware to come to eand and we cold cone home.”
26 October 1861: “there is about 70 Ships in the Fleet and as near as I can learn there is about 70,000 troops on board.”
Item description: Letter, 26 October 1861, from Emmett Cole, Company F, 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment, to his sister Celestia. Written aboard the U.S. Steam Ship Vanderbilt, Cole describes his present conditions, at sea with the United States Navy fleet. Emmett … Continue reading
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Tagged 8th Michigan Infantry Regiment, Emmett Cole, food, rations, sailors, steamers, U.S.S. Vanderbilt, United States Navy
Comments Off on 26 October 1861: “there is about 70 Ships in the Fleet and as near as I can learn there is about 70,000 troops on board.”