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Tag Archives: skirmishes
30 November 1863: “Praying that I may come out unhurt and that God will spare me to return home […]”
Item description: Letter, dated 30 November 1863, from James A. Graham to his mother, Susannah Sarah Washington Graham. He writes from the “line of battle” in Virginia, describing maneuvers and engagements of the Mine Run Campaign. Item citation: From folder … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Anderson, battle, Cadmus Wilcox, General William Whedbee Kirkland, James A. Graham, Joseph Graham, Mine Run Campaign, Richard H. Anderson, skirmishes, Susannah Washington Graham, troop movements, Virginia
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26 July 1862: “…started this morning & marched about 5 miles when the advance surprised a Picket Headquarters & drove them off..”
Item description: Newton Wallace, Company I, 27th Massachusetts Infantry, comments on his company’s movements while in eastern North Carolina, near New Bern. The march was a part of the Union Army’s expedition from New Bern to Trenton and Pollocksville. See … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged 27th Infantry (Massachusetts), diaries, New Bern, Newton Wallace, North Carolina, Pollocksville, prisoners-of-war, skirmishes, soldier conditions, Trenton, Union occupation, Union soldiers
Comments Off on 26 July 1862: “…started this morning & marched about 5 miles when the advance surprised a Picket Headquarters & drove them off..”
18 February 1862: “For breakfast, schedule reads ‘biscuits’; for dinner ‘biscuits & salt beef’, for supper sometimes ‘biscuits’, oftenest ‘nothing with tea or coffee’.”
Item description: Letter, 18 February, 20 February, and 21 February 1862, from Charles Woodward Hutson to his mother. Hutson describes the availability of food in camp and details a skirmish near the Occoquan River in Virginia. [Transcription available below images.] … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Army of the Potomac, Charles Woodward Hutson, food, Occoquan River, skirmishes
Comments Off on 18 February 1862: “For breakfast, schedule reads ‘biscuits’; for dinner ‘biscuits & salt beef’, for supper sometimes ‘biscuits’, oftenest ‘nothing with tea or coffee’.”