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Tag Archives: religion
30 December 1864: “Our expedition so far has been attended with the most complete success. The Rebels having lost Savannah…”
Item Description: Letter dated 30 December 1864 from Jonathan L. Whitaker to his wife Julia A. Wells Whitaker. Jonathan L. Whitaker was a physician from Orange County, N.Y. He served as a United States Army surgeon at a hospital at … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 26th United States Colored Troops, African American soldiers, African Americans, Jonathan Lewis Whitaker, Orange County (NY), plantations, Pocotaligo (SC), religion, religious beliefs, Savannah, winter
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17 August 1864: “how I had long desired to join the Church”
Item Description: Diary entry dated 17 August 1864 from Sarah Lois Wadley. She writes about the impending visit of an episcopal minister and her desire to join the church. Item Citation: From volume 4 (folder 5) in the Sarah Lois … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged churches, diaries, diary, religion, Sarah Lois Wadley, social conditions, social life
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28 November 1863: “abate the pride, assuage the malice, and confound the devices of our enemies.”
Item: “Prayers for Peace” (editorial), The Daily Journal (Wilmington, N.C.), 28 November 1863, page 2 column 2. Transcription: From the Richmond Dispatch [The Daily Dispatch, 26 November 1863] Prayers for peace. The recommendation of Pius IX. that, on the 1st … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Catholicism, Daily Dispatch, peace, Pius IX, prayer, Protestantism, religion, The Daily Journal
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25 October 1863: “His wife went to see him but he was buried the day before she reached Atlanta.”
Item description: Entry, dated 25 October 1863, from the dairy of Samuel A. Agnew. Agnew describes a church service and news from engagements in Tennessee, Georgia, South Carolina, and Virginia. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder 9 of … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Atlanta (G.A.), Battle of Chickamauga, Charleston (S.C.), Chattanooga (T.N.), church attendance, religion, Samuel A. Agnew, wounded soldiers
Comments Off on 25 October 1863: “His wife went to see him but he was buried the day before she reached Atlanta.”
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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11 August 1863: “…we ventured once more to urge him to make his peace with God.”
Item description: Letter, dated 11 August 1863, from Mrs. Mary Preston to her relative Mrs. Kennedy, informing her of the death of her nephew, William. She discusses William’s final days and religious activities surrounding his death. [transcription available below images] … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Catherine Kennedy DeRosset, DeRosset family, grief, religion
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28 March 1863: “I drop you a few lines to give you the sad news that brother Calvin is dead.”
Item Description: Letter, dated 28 March 1863, from Corporal William H. Proffit during his service in the Wilkes Valley Guards (Company B, 1st North Carolina Regiment). In this letter Cpl. Proffit informs his family of the death of his brother, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 1st North Carolina Regiment (CSA), camp life, death, disease, Lewis Fork, North Carolina, Proffit family, religion, William Proffit
Comments Off on 28 March 1863: “I drop you a few lines to give you the sad news that brother Calvin is dead.”
27 March 1863: “It has been charged by both the ignorant and the evil-disposed against the people of our faith, that the Israelite does not fight in the battles of his country!”
Item description: This pamphlet contains a sermon delivered by Reverend M. J. Michelbacher of the Beth Ahabah Synagogue in Richmond, Virginia. In it he refutes claims that the Jewish people of the South are not actively supporting the Confederate cause … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged Beth Ahabah Synagogue, day of fasting and prayer, homefront, Jewish soldiers, Jews, M. J. Michelbacher, merchants, prayer, religion, religious beliefs, Richmond, sermons, speculation, supplies, Virginia
Comments Off on 27 March 1863: “It has been charged by both the ignorant and the evil-disposed against the people of our faith, that the Israelite does not fight in the battles of his country!”
2 March 1863: “A few days since I wrote to you suggesting that our church should send one of her most prominent ministers to labor in this army…”
Item description: Letter, dated 2 March 1861, believed to have been written by Thomas Jackson “Stonewall” Jackson. [Item transcription available below images.] Item citation: From folder 1 of the Margaret Junkin Preston Papers #1543, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged chaplains, General Assembly, religion, Stonewall Jackson
Comments Off on 2 March 1863: “A few days since I wrote to you suggesting that our church should send one of her most prominent ministers to labor in this army…”
7 April 1862: “How beautifully appropriate is this meaning of the word ‘Shiloh’ to us. It is the Desired, the Longed for. This victory we have been praying!”
Item description: Undated religious tract, “Shiloh: A Sermon,” written by J. Lansing Burrows, a Baptist minister from Richmond, Virginia. Burrows reflects on the meaning of the Battle of Shiloh, a pivotal battle fought on 6-7 April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee. … Continue reading
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Tagged Battle of Shiloh, J. Lansing Burrows, religion, religious tracts, Richmond, sermons, Tennessee, Virginia
Comments Off on 7 April 1862: “How beautifully appropriate is this meaning of the word ‘Shiloh’ to us. It is the Desired, the Longed for. This victory we have been praying!”