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Theodore Upson, "The Girl I Left Behind Me" (March 24, 1865)
The people around here are very poor as a general thing but very kind and hospitable. There is none of the treachery we have found in other places. I was talking with an old man today; he has lost six sons in the Army. He says they did not want to go…
Tags: Carolinas Campaign, Civil War, Confederacy, Home Front, North Carolina, soldier, South, union
The Civil War Letters of W.D. Carr of Duplin County, North Carolina
Sunday, Sept. 7th, 1862
Mrs. L. Carr-Dear Mother,
As Mr. Bass is going to start home early in the morning, will write you a few lines and let you know who we are getting along. We are all tolerable well. Sam Evans was taken quite sick day before…
Tags: Confederacy, desertion, Letters
Railway Ticket, 1860s
Memorial to the Confederate Dead, Windsor, NC
We responded to our country's call.
We fought an honest fight.
We kept the Southron's faith.
We fell at the post of duty.
We died for the land we loved.
Erected by the Confederate Veterans Association of Bertie 1896
Our Confederate Dead…
Tags: Confederacy, memorial, postwar, statue
Map of Windsor During the Civil War
Tags: Confederacy, map, wartime, Windsor
Map of the Carolinas Campaign
Letter of John Garibaldi to His Wife, September 3, 1863
Camp Stonewall Brigade September 3, 1863 Dear Wife I received your letter of the 8 of August last from which I understood with great pleasure that you and the rest of the family were all well, but sorrow to hear that you had been sick. This…
Tags: Civil War, Confederacy
Letter from Major Smith Stansbury to Major Caleb Huse, July 20, 1863
Major Caleb Huse.
Major: I have the honor to enclose herewith copy of letter of instruction from Colonel J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, dated May 19th, 1863. Also copy of letter from Lieut. Colonel I. M. St. John, Chief of the Niter and Mining…
Tags: blockade running, Confederacy, wartime
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
Letter from General W. H. C. Whiting to Sect. James Seddon, September 28, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF CAPE FEAR, Wilmington, September 28, 1863.
Honorable JAMES A. SEDON, Secretary of War, Richmond:
SIR: I wish you would cause, if possible, one regiment at least to be sent here. I have, as you know, but one in the…
Tags: Confederacy, military strategy
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D. H. Hill, 1859-1924
Daniel Harvey (D. H.) Hill (1859-1924), the son of Confederate general D. H. Hill, was an important figure in the commemoration of the Civil War and…