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Tag Archives: supplies
23 March 1865: “You will dispose your vessels about the sounds to capture all contraband of war going into the enemy’s lines”
Item Description: Order from Rear Admiral David D. Porter, of the U.S. Navy, to Commander W.H. Macomb regarding the seizure of contraband goods from captured Confederate ships. Item Citation: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged contraband, North Atlantic Squadron, North Carolina, supplies, trade, United States Navy
Comments Off on 23 March 1865: “You will dispose your vessels about the sounds to capture all contraband of war going into the enemy’s lines”
11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
Item Description: Report, dated 11 February 1865, of the Special Committee on the Pay and Clothing of the Army, House of Representatives of the Confederate States of America. [Scans courtesy of Internet Archive and Duke University Library. This item can also be found … Continue reading
Posted in Rare Book Collection
Tagged clothing, Confederate Army, reports, soldiers' pay, supplies
Comments Off on 11 February 1865: “The delay which all these causes have produced in the payment of the troops, whilst it is painfully regretted by all who appreciate their invaluable services, ought and should be promptly redressed by the action of Congress, and the officers charged with the same.”
16 November 1864: “This is the day set apart by President Davis as a day of public worship”
Item Description: A letter from James Graham to his mother. James Augustus Graham was an officer stationed in Virginia and South Carolina during the war. In this letter he requests items for his troops. It reveals a lot about what the soldiers … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Civil War, Confederate Army, food, gloves, Petersburg, Richmond, socks, supplies, winter
Comments Off on 16 November 1864: “This is the day set apart by President Davis as a day of public worship”
18 April 1864: “We can buy peas and other things of that sort from the sutler and in that way make out very well.”
Item description: Letter, dated 18 April 1864, from James Augustus Graham to his mother. He describes camp life around Orange Court House, Virginia, specifically the availability of food and the frequency of packages deliveries. [transcription available below images] Item citation: … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged army chaplains, Baptist Preachers, commissary, food, James A. Graham, supplies
Comments Off on 18 April 1864: “We can buy peas and other things of that sort from the sutler and in that way make out very well.”
24 February 1864: “These times we hesitate not to ask favors of our friends & generally our friends are willing to serve us.”
Item Description: In this letter, Mary C. Ruffin wrote from Graham, N.C., to her nephew, Major Daniel Heyward Hamilton Jr., seeking his help in procuring kerosene oil and ascertaining the price and quality of cotton cards. She was sensitive to … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged cotton, Daniel Heyward Hamilton Jr., General James Longstreet, kerosene, Mary C. Ruffin, reenlistment, smallpox, supplies, variloid
Comments Off on 24 February 1864: “These times we hesitate not to ask favors of our friends & generally our friends are willing to serve us.”
21 February 1864: “In general the condition of affairs in East Tennessee was so much improved as to produce a decided feeling of confidence.”
Item: “Report of Major General J. G. Foster of Operations in East Tennessee” in Supplemental Report of the Joint Committee on the Conduct of the War, in two volumes. Supplemental to Senate report no. 142, 38th Congress, 2d session . … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged East Tennessee, French Broad River, General Ambrose Burnside, General James Longstreet, General John G. Foster, General John Parke, General John Schofield, General Samuel D. Sturgis, General Ulysses S. Grant, Knoxville (Tenn.), supplies
Comments Off on 21 February 1864: “In general the condition of affairs in East Tennessee was so much improved as to produce a decided feeling of confidence.”
15 February 1864: “Have you thought of making requisitions for cartridge boxes, belts, cap boxes, and bayonet scabbards. The guns will be useless almost without the cartridge and cap boxes at least.”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 February 1864, from Daniel Scully to Col. George Logan. Item citation: From folder 22 in the George William Logan Papers #1560, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Daniel Scully, George W. Logan, Harrisonburg, Louisiana, Monroe, munitions, Nachitoches, supplies
Comments Off on 15 February 1864: “Have you thought of making requisitions for cartridge boxes, belts, cap boxes, and bayonet scabbards. The guns will be useless almost without the cartridge and cap boxes at least.”
6 February 1864: “…regarding the hens, the corn, and the beef that the Home Guard took from me…”
Item Description: Letter, dated 6 February 1864, from Alexander Daniel in Taylorsville, N.C. to Colonel S. A. Sharpe, 5th Regiment NC Home Guard, stationed in Statesville, N.C. Daniel asks for reimbursement for property impressed by Confederate troops. [transcription available below … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Alexander County (N.C.), beef, corn, food, home guard, impressment, Iredell County (N.C.), John McKee Sharpe, livestock, Statesville (N.C.), supplies, Taylorsville (N.C.)
Comments Off on 6 February 1864: “…regarding the hens, the corn, and the beef that the Home Guard took from me…”
23 December 1863: “I wish him to proceed to Greenville just as soon as he sends off the property in his charge…”
Item description: Letter, dated 23 December 1863, from Captain C. C. McPhail, issuing orders to the staff of the Confederate States Armory in Asheville, N.C. A. M. Kitzmiller is ordered to meet with McPhail and continue keeping his “papers and … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged armory, Asheville (N.C.), C. C. McPhail, Columbia (S.C.), Greenville (S.C.), supplies, Thomas L. Clayton
Comments Off on 23 December 1863: “I wish him to proceed to Greenville just as soon as he sends off the property in his charge…”
15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”
Item description: Letter, dated 15 December 1863, from Eliza Ann DeRosset to her sister (believed to be her sister Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis of Hillsborough, N.C.). The letter discusses supplies needed by various members of the family, particularly clothing. DeRosset also … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged clothes, clothing, DeRosset family, Eliza Ann DeRosset, food, hiring out of slaves, homespun, Mary Jane DeRosset Curtis, North Carolina, Osmyn, slavery, slaves, supplies, winter
Comments Off on 15 December 1863: “she does not want him hired at the same place next year. he writes her poor fellow that they have given him no clothes & he is much in need & begs to have his place exchanged.”