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Tag Archives: supplies
14 June 1863: “The captain, without hesitation, acknowledged her to be a Confederate vessel and stated his cargo to consist of liquors, medicines, drugs, and provisions, with probably some articles for the rebel Government.”
Item description: “Capture of Confederate steamer Calypso, June 11, 1863. Report of Commander Bankhead, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Florida.” The report discusses the capture of the Confederate steamer Calypso off the North Carolina coast. The ship was … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged blockade, blockade running, Calypso, Civil War medicine, coastal areas, home front, homefront, John P. Bankhead, Nassau, naval, naval operations, North Carolina, ships, supplies, U.S.S. Florida, United States Navy, Wilmington
Comments Off on 14 June 1863: “The captain, without hesitation, acknowledged her to be a Confederate vessel and stated his cargo to consist of liquors, medicines, drugs, and provisions, with probably some articles for the rebel Government.”
20 April 1863: “I feel thankful that I got out so well and safely, and that I have so beautiful a time to commence living at my new home in the woods.”
Item description: Letter, 20 April 1863, from Walter W. Lenoir to his mother, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir (1783-1864). Item citation: From the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: * Get some … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged bacon, bedding, East Fork, fruit trees, Lenoir family, North Carolina, Selina Louisa Avery Lenoir, supplies, Walter Waightstill Lenoir, wool
Comments Off on 20 April 1863: “I feel thankful that I got out so well and safely, and that I have so beautiful a time to commence living at my new home in the woods.”
15 April 1863: “We would be out of ammunition in a few hours’ fire and have to remain under the fire of the rebel batteries and not [be able to] get up to New Berne or to return again.”
Item description: “Report of Lieutenant-Commander McCann, U. S. Navy, giving the views of Major-General Foster, U. S. Army, regarding boats in the Pamlico.” The report discusses naval actions near Washington, North Carolina, and includes the opinions of Major General John … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged ammunition, batteries, Blount's Creek, General John G. Foster, Hill's Point, naval, naval operations, North Carolina, Pamlico Sound, supplies, Tar River, U.S.S Hunchback, U.S.S. Escort, U.S.S. Southfield, United States Navy, W. P. McCann, Washington (N.C)
Comments Off on 15 April 1863: “We would be out of ammunition in a few hours’ fire and have to remain under the fire of the rebel batteries and not [be able to] get up to New Berne or to return again.”
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 February 1863: “We are quartered in the splendid brick mansions of the opulent and luxury-loving citizens of Fredericksburg…”
Item description: Letter, 2 February 1863, from Ruffin Thomson, 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, to his “Pa” (William H. Thomson). More about Ruffin Thomson: Ruffin Thomson was the oldest child and only son of William H. Thomson and Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He studied … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, accommodations, correspondence, Fredericksburg, housing, provisions, Ruffin Thomson, supplies, William H. Thomson
Comments Off on 2 February 1863: “We are quartered in the splendid brick mansions of the opulent and luxury-loving citizens of Fredericksburg…”
28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…”
Item description: Letter, 28 January 1863, Annie Maney Schon, Atlanta, Ga., to her sister, Bettie Maney Kimberly, Chapel Hill, N.C. (replying to Bettie’s letter of 18 January). Item citation: From the John Kimberly Papers #398, Southern Historical Collection, The Wilson Library, University of North … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Annie Maney Schon, Bettie Kimberly, clothes, family, home front, Kimberly family, Nashville, Schon family, supplies
Comments Off on 28 January 1863: “Well, Judge, if they are our enemies we will have to admit they have fine music…”
10 January 1863: “I have rented my home to them & we are living at the Hotel, quite a change for us…”
Item description: Letter, 10 January 1863, to Mary Elizabeth Garrett Lenoir. The name of the letter’s writer is illegible. Item citation: From the Lenoir Family Papers, #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: [Mrs. Thos. … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged Asheville, displacement, home front, hotels, Lenoir family, Mary Elizabeth Garrett Lenoir, money, North Carolina, shinplaster, supplies
Comments Off on 10 January 1863: “I have rented my home to them & we are living at the Hotel, quite a change for us…”
1 December 1862: “dried fruit, red pepper, sugar, a jug of molasses, jelly, some preserves, a pone of lightbread, some sweet cakes, a bottle or two of ketchup, pepper sauce, etc.”
Item description: Letter, 1 December 1862, from Ruffin Thomson, 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, to his mother Hannah Lavinia Thomson. He comments extensively on food, clothing and supplies, including the provisions being used by his body servant “Press.” More about Ruffin Thomson: Ruffin Thomson … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 18th Mississippi Infantry Regiment, body servants, clothing, Mississippi, Preston, supplies, University of North Carolina
Comments Off on 1 December 1862: “dried fruit, red pepper, sugar, a jug of molasses, jelly, some preserves, a pone of lightbread, some sweet cakes, a bottle or two of ketchup, pepper sauce, etc.”
20 October 1862: “FRIENDS, TO THE RESCUE!!”
Item description: This broadside, which includes appeals from Governor Zebulon B. Vance, Surgeon General Edward Warren, and Assistant Quartermaster James Sloan, announces the State of North Carolina’s dire need of donations from private citizens to help clothe and shoe its … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged broadsides, clothing, donations, economic conditions, Edward Warren, food, food shortage, Governor Zebulon Vance, James Sloan, North Carolina Troops, soldier conditions, speculation, supplies, troop assistance, troops
Comments Off on 20 October 1862: “FRIENDS, TO THE RESCUE!!”
30 March 1862: “My unwavering confidence has only been in the final result, not in the intermediate steps which will lead to it. We may have yet enough of the same sort to endure to bring us to the verge of the precipice…”
Item description: Letter from Walter Waightstill Lenoir, written to one of his brothers. Item citation: In the Lenoir Family Papers #426, Southern Historical Collection, Wilson Library, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Item transcription: Five miles East of Kinston, … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged camp life, Confederate Army, Confederate camp, Kinston, North Carolina, supplies
Comments Off on 30 March 1862: “My unwavering confidence has only been in the final result, not in the intermediate steps which will lead to it. We may have yet enough of the same sort to endure to bring us to the verge of the precipice…”