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- Tags: Civil War
Amnesty Petition of David Schenck, May 14, 1866
To His Excellency, Andrew Johnson, President of the United States of America. David Schenck, a citizen residing in Lincolnton, Lincoln Country; State of North Carolina shows to your Excellency that his property is [liable?] to confiscation by…
Salisbury National Cemetery Entrance
Tags: Cemetery, Civil War, Commemoration, North Carolina, Salisbury
Richard Reid "A Testcase of the 'Crying Evil': Desertion Among North Carolina Troops During the Civil War" (1981)
A major problem that faced both armies during the Civil war was desertion. As the conflict dragged on into a protracted war of attrition, the loss of men through absenteeism struck hardest at the South. Before the end of 1861 it had become a problem…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Job R. Redmond, Letter to Malinda Redmond (Nov. 2, 1864)
My Dier wife and children I seete my self this morning with A Troub beled harte and a de strest Mind to try to rite a few lines to Let you no that I hierd my sentens Red yesterday and hit was very Bad I am very sory to let you no for I that you A…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Rachel Huffman, "Plagued by Misinterpretation," May 10, 2012
The Civil War has been so plagued by misinterpretation that it has made the period an arduous time to study for historians. The first and most obvious way is how the causes of the Civil War have changed depending on the interpreter. For example,…
Tags: Civil War, Memory, Slavery/Slaves, States' Rights
Martha Hendley Poteet, Letter to Francis Marion Poteet (Aug. 19, 1864)
Dear husband I seat my self this evening to write you afew lines to let you know that we are all well at this time ever hoping this will Reach your kind hands and find you in good health I thought you would have sent me a letter by Louis Walker but…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Martha Hendley Poteet, Letter to Francis Marion Poteet (Jan. 7, 1864)
My Dear husband I now seat my self to write you a few lines to let you know we are not well the children is sick with bad colds and I haint seen a well day since you left I have had a very bad head ache ever sens last Sunday but I do hope and pray…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Martha Hendley Poteet, Letter to Francis Marion Poteet (June 16, 1864)
My Dear husband I seat My self this evening to write you a few lines to let you know how we are Some of us is not well me and Thomas Francis Emer Susannah Amy Jane has the bowell complaint I aint Much sick but I do hope these few lines May Reach your…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Martha Hendley Poteet, Letter to Francis Marion Poteet (Jan. 21, 1864)
My Dear husband I recieved your kind letter last satturday and I was glad to hear that you was well I cant write we are all well we all hav bad colds I hav had a pain in my head three weeks and the baby is sick and I dont think it will live long but…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
Francis Marion Poteet, Letter to Martha Hendley Poteet (Jan. 12, 1864)
My Dear Wife and Children I take the pleasure to drop you a few lines to let you now that I am well at this time hoping these lines may Reach your kind hands and find you injoying the same blessing I want you to Rite to me as soon as this comes to…
Tags: Civil War, desertion, North Carolina
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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…