Browse Items (253 total)
- Collection: Wartime North Carolina
Letter from Major Smith Stansbury to Colonel Josiah Gorgas, September 2, 1863
St. George’s Ba.
September 1st, 1863–
Colonel J. Gorgas
Col: Your telegram of 21st Ulto. To Fort Fisher was received; in hand, just in time for the “Eugenie.â€
A copy was enclosed to Capt. Fry, and handed to me–
I…
Tags: blockade running, Confederacy, Economy, wartime
Endor Iron Works Ledger, 1864-1868
4/11, Payroll: $426.00, Expenses: $2986.93, Sales: 10036 lbs. pig iron at $.50/lb ($5018.00)
4/30, Payroll: $967.35, Expenses: $4793.37
5/11, Payroll: $546.67, Expenses: $225.00, Sales: 43598 lbs ($21,799.00)
5/17, Payroll: $1357.11, Expenses:…
Tags: Economy, Home Front
Diary of William M. Smith, February 22, 1863
Sunday February 22nd.
This evening, called at Mrs. Allen's--took tea and by request of Miss S. Allen, accompanied her to visit a sick relative--Mrs.Mathews--found her friend very ill--there is scarcely a possibility of her recovery; tuberculosis…
Captain William J. Twining's Map of Fort Anderson
Map of Fort Andrson, N.C. Captured February 19, 1865 by the Army of the Ohio. Maj. Gen J. M. Schofield, Comd'g.
Tags: Confederacy, military strategy
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, May 30, 1862
Camp Mangum near Raleigh
May 30th, 1862
My Dear Wife:
I grasp my pen this morning to drop you a few lines. I am tolerably well, and I hope these lines may find you well. I received your kind letter through Mr. Brindle, and I read it with much…
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Spirit of the Age, June 16, 1862
The following letter was printed in the June 16, 1862, Raleigh newspaperSpirit of the Age. Camp Mangum, June 11. Mr. Editor: This will inform the friends of the "South Mountain Rangers," that we are still at this place, and probably will remain…
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, February 6, 1864
Near Orange C. H. Va.,
Feb 6th, 1864
My Dear wife:
I again have the pleasure of dropping you a few lines informing you that I am well at present and I hope this will find you well. Every thing continues quiet with us. We have some fine weather…
Tags: Health, Religion, Troop Movement
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, July 25, 1863
Near Culpeper,
July, 25th 1863.
My Dear wife:
I have the opportunity of dropping you a few lines this evening, informing you that I am not very well. I have been unwell since we left Winchester, and the march has set very hard upon me, but I…
Tags: desertion, Troop Movement
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, July 5, 1864
Near Petersburg, Va.
July 5th, 1864
My Dear wife:
This will inform you that we have again changed positions. Day before yesturday we left the north side of the James River and are now in position on the right of the lines around Petersburg,…
Tags: Family, Morale, Troop Movement
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, April 17, 1864
Camp on the Rapidan, Va.
April 17th, 1864
My Dear wife:
I have the pleasure again of dropping you a few lines, informing you that I am well, and I hope this will find you well. We are still having a great deal of rain, and, although it puts us…
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ROTC students view Civil War exhibit at NCSU, 1960
In this photograph, two Reserve Officers' Training Corps students view a Civil War exhibit at D. H. Hill Library at North Carolina State College of…