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"SHERMAN: GLORIOUS NEWS," Wilmington Herald of the Union, March 15, 1865
SHERMAN. GLORIOUS NEWS. Sherman in Fayetteville. NO ENEMY NEAR HIM. ANOTHER GRAND AND SUCCESSFUL MARCH THROUGH THE RBEL COUNTRY. IMMENSE CAPTURES OF GUNS, PRISONERS, SUPPLIES, & c. Couriers from General Sherman reached this city this…
Letter from Nellie Worth to Cousin Pattie, March 21, 1865
There was no officer with the first men that came, and our drooping spirits were revived about one o’clock by the sight of a Yankie officer. He came in the house and introduced himself as Lt. Bracht, Mamma and I immediately appealed to him for…
"FAMINE AT FAYETTEVILLE," Hillsborough Recorder, March 22, 1865
For the Hillsborough Recorder. FAMINE AT FAYETTEVILLE. We give an extract from a letter written by a well-known gentleman in Fayetteville to his father in Chapel Hill, of the date of the 14th instant: “We are in great distress. The Yankees…
"FROM FAYETTEVILLE," Wadesboro North Carolina Argus, March 30, 1865
From the Raleigh Conservative. FROM FAYETTEVILLE We have at length definite and reliable information that the Yankees have evacuated Fayetteville. “There are none of them left on the west side of the Cape Fear,” says a recent letter we…
Diary of Alice Campbell, ca. 1865
Sherman, with his hordes of depraved and lawless men, came upon us like swarms of bees, bringing sorrow and desolation in their pathway. For days, we had been expecting them, and our loved boys in grey had been passing through in squads looking…
Oliver Howard, Special Field Orders, No. 69 March 23, 1865
Special Field Orders, No. 69 Heaquarders Departmen and Army of the Tennessee Falling Creek, N.C., March 23, 1865. I. The command will move tomorrow to Goldsboro. The Fifteenth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. John A. Logan commanding, will move upon any…
Tags: Home Front, military strategy
Letter from William Sherman to Ellen Sherman, April 9, 1865
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C,
April 9, 1865.
. . .. Tomorrow we move straight against Joe Johnston wherever he may be. Grant's magnificent victories about Petersburg, and his rapid pursuit of Lee's army makes it unnecessary for me to move…
Letter from William Sherman to D.L. Swain, April 22, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, RALEIGH, N. C., April 22, 1865.
Hon. D. L. Swain, Chapel Hill, N. C.:
MY DEAR SIR: Yours of April nineteenth was laid before me yesterday, and I am pleased that you recognize in…
Tags: Home Front, North Carolina
"General Sherman in Raleigh," Mary Clarke, ca. 1866
By three o’clock in the morning we had bid adieu to every Confederate soldier, and instead of going to be, we retired to dress for the “sacking of the town.” “I mean to put on every white skirt I have,” exclaimed one…
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Voter Registration Card from Alamance County, 1902
This voter registration card was created after the Democrat-controlled North Carolina General Assembly passed a Suffrage Amendment in 1900. The…