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Tag Archives: Weldon (N.C.)
9 March 1865: “if I do not succeed will pursue my journey home the best way I can”
Item Description: Letter dated 9 March 1865 to Archibald Henderson from his servant (or slave) Henderson. It seems that Anderson was a slave belonging to Archibald Henderson who was hired out to a Mr. Wilkins in Wilmington. Item Citation: Folder … Continue reading
13 January 1865: “nothing at all to bother us except the mud”
Item Description: Letter dated 13 January 1865 written by James A. Graham to his mother. Graham, a native of Hillsborough, N.C., served as an officer in Company G (Orange Guards), 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Confederate States of America. Item … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged 27th North Carolina Infantry Regiment, Danville, Danville Railroad, furlough, James A. Graham, James Augustus Graham, music, Navy, snow, weather, Weldon (N.C.), Weldon Railroad, winter
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9 March 1864: Southern Express Company receipt for North Carolina currency
Item: March 9, 1864 Southern Express Company receipt. Clicking on image above leads to its record in “Historic Moneys in the North Carolina Collection.” Historical Note: This receipt records the shipment by Southern Express Company of $6,500* in North Carolina … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged Charles Dewey, money, receipt, Southern Express Company, Thomas Devereaux Hogg, treasury notes, Weldon (N.C.)
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17 September 1863: “Our force of wooden vessels in the sounds, necessarily of light draft and lightly armed, will by no means be adequate to contend against the rebel ram and battery…”
Item description: “Letter of the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of War requesting that army forces be employed to destroy the Confederate ram building on the Roanoke River.” In this letter, the Secretary of the Navy (U.S.), Gideon … Continue reading
Posted in North Carolina Collection
Tagged batteries, Confederate Navy, Edwin M. Stanton, Gideon Welles, ironclads, naval operations, North Carolina, Roanoke River, sounds, United States Navy, Weldon (N.C.)
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20 August 1863: “…there can never be any question of recon-struction, there may be of submission & this will hardly happen unless our army deserts & goes home.”
Item description: Letter, dated 20 August 1863, from Robert Davidson Graham to his father, William Alexander Graham. In this letter, Graham discusses troop movements and morale, as well as North Carolina politics. [transcription available below images] Item citation: From folder … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged desertion, Governor Zebulon Vance, John Spelman, newspapers, Raleigh Standard, Robert Davidson Graham, soldiers' pay, troop movements, Weldon (N.C.), William A. Graham
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8 June 1863: “I enclose you a plan of the ironclad battery above here, on the Roanoke.”
Item description: Report, dated 8 June 1863, from Lieutenant-Commander C.W. Flusser of the U.S. Navy to Acting Rear-Admiral S.P. Lee of the North Atlantic Blockading Squadron. The letter includes plans acquired by Flusser for a Confederate ironclad ship being built … Continue reading
Posted in Southern Historical Collection
Tagged C. W. Flusser, ironclads, Plymouth (N.C.), Roanoke River, S.P. Lee, US Navy, USS Merrimack, USS Miami, Weldon (N.C.)
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