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Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Mrs. Wise, July 17, 1863
The following letter was found in the Peter Mull Collection, North Carolina Department of Archives and History, Raleigh, North Carolina.
Bunker’s Hill, Va.
July 17th, 1863.
Mrs. Wise:
It becomes my painful duty to inform you of the…
Tags: Death/Casualties, Soldiers
Letter of Joseph Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, February 15, 1864
Near Orange C.H. Va.,
Feb, 15th, 1864
Dear Sarah,
I must tell you about us all re-enlisting for the war last Saturday. The whole Brigade was ordered out and General Davis gave us a stirring speech upon the subject. Our Regt. Seemed somewhat…
Tags: Enlistment, Soldiers
Letter from Sister to Sister, April 1865
Dear Sister,
I suppose I would write you a few lines. I thought you would be uneasy. Sister, the Yankees have been here. They say there was seven thousand, but I don’t know how many there was but it was the most men I ever saw and some say ten…
Tags: Family, Gender Relations, Home Front, slavery, Soldiers, Troop Movement
Letter from George E. Stephens to the New York Weekly Anglo-African, March 6, 1864
Outpost or Camp, in the Field,
Near Jacksonville, Fla.,
March 6, 1864.
Mr. Editor: Actions and arduous duties since the 5th ult., the time of the sailing of the present expedition from Hilton Head, have caused the apparently studied silence on…
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Slavery/Slaves, Soldiers
Joseph J. Hoyle, 1836-1864
Joseph J. Hoyle was a twenty-four year old soldier who fought alongside friends, cousins, and family members in the 55th Regiment of the North Carolina Infantry. Lieutenant Hoyle was born in Cleveland County, North Carolina, and much of what we know…
John Barrett, "Two Old Men And A White Flag" (1956)
Near Pikeville on April 11, a very minor skirmish took place which certainly has little, if any, military significance but it is interesting because of the two reports turned in to General Logan by S.C. Rogers, medical officer of the Thirtieth Iowa.…
James McPherson, What They Fought For (1994)
This conviction that they fought for their homes and women gave many Confederate soldiers remarkable staying power in the face of adversity. "My dear be a brave woman to the last," wrote a Shenandoah Valley farmer serving in the 10th Cavalry to his…
Tags: Enlistment, Mobilization, patriotism, Soldiers
J.M. Hollowell, "Coming of the Yankees" (1939)
COMING OF THE YANKEES
(By J. M. HOLLOWELL)
Since I stopped writing of my early recollections of Goldsboro, I have been asked by some of the young folks why I did not tell more about the Yankee army coming to Goldsboro in 1865, and what they did,…
General Ambrose E. Burnside to the Secretary of War, March 21, 1862
Newbern {N.C.} Mch 21 /62 I have the honor of reporting the following movements in my department since my hurrid report of the 16” inst- The detailed report of the Engagement on the 14” is not yet finished, but I hope will be ready to…
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Slavery/Slaves, Soldiers
Excerpt from The Story of Rockford, ca. March 1865
Among the stories of the war era is one concerning some Union soldiers from an encampment some distance away who came to Rockford looking for a doctor to attend an officer who was seriously ill. They took Dr. Folger riding on his own good horse. He…
Tags: Family, Home Front, slavery, Soldiers, Troop Movement
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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…