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The Florida Campaign, March 1, 1864
THE FLORIDA CAMPAIGN.
Details of the Operations of the Union Troops Under General
Seymour. The March to and Battle of Olustee .
Mr. Oscar G. SawyerDespatches.
CAMP FINEGAN, Florida, Feb. 23, 1864.
THE FLORIDA EXPEDITION.
Since…
Tags: Battle Description, Soldiers
The Fighting in Florida, March 7, 1864
THE FIGHTING IN FLORIDA. The Savannah papers of Saturday furnish us with some additional and very interesting accounts of the progress and details of the fighting in Florida. The Republicanaccount says: THE RECENT SKIRMISH - THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. An…
Tags: Battle Description, Freedpeople, Soldiers
Scalping of Union Soldiers
This engraving reproduced in "The Adventures of Daniel Ellis the Union Guide" in 1867 was designed by Ellis to show his contempt of Thomas' Indians. William W. Stringfield and James W. Terrell differed on the frequency of scalping incidents by the…
Tags: Native Americans, scalping, Soldiers
Rod Gragg, "Confederate Goliath" (1991)
“Fort Fisher was the strongest fort in the South,” proclaimed the New York Tribune. “Now for the first time is a really formidable earthwork carried by a direct assault, and in a military view, therefore, the storming of Fort Fisher…
Richard B. McCaslin, "The Last Stronghold" (2003)
Recognizing the importance of Wilmington, Union blockaders sought to prevent ships from reaching the port since the summer of 1861, though to no avail. The first Federal ship, the Daylight, arrived in July 1861. This tiny vessel was soon disabled,…
Recruitment Poster for "Color'd Men", 1863
COLOR’D MEN WANTED!
Bounty, $602.
Cashdown, 350.
Besides State, and United States pay, &c.
Recruits will be mustered into Colored Regiments.
APPLY TO
James S. Henry;
At Recruiting Office, Second & Bridge Ave.
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Slavery/Slaves, Soldiers
Order by the Commander of the Department of Virginia and North Carolina, 1863
Fort Monroe, Va., December 5th, 1863.
General Orders No. 46. The recruitment of colored troops has become the settled purpose of the Government. It is therefore the duty of every officer and soldier to aid in carrying out that purpose, by every…
Tags: Enlistment, Freedpeople, Soldiers
North Carolina Slaveholder to the Commander of the Department of North Carolina, October 8, 1862
Beaufort NC Oct 8th /62
Prompted by the necessity of the case, I have to make on you a requisition quite unpleasant- For the last two months I have supported my Family by the hire of two carpenters. They a few days ago refused to be hired & have…
Tags: Freedpeople, slavery, Slaves, Soldiers
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, September 28, 1863
Near Rapidan Station Va.
Sept. 28th 1863.
My Dear wife:
This will inform you that I am about well again, and I hope it may find you well. The weather is cold up here now, and we have frost plenty, and…
Letter of Joseph J. Hoyle to Sarah Hoyle, October 8, 1862
Camp French, near Petersburg, Va, Oct 8th 1862 My Dear wife: I take the pleasure of dropping you a few lines, informing you that I am well at present. We landed at Petersburg last Saturday, but I was detailed to stay with the baggage and did…
Tags: Camp Life, Death/Casualties, Soldiers
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Benjamin Sherwood Hedrick, 1827-1886

Benjamin Hedrick (1827-1886), a chemistry professor at UNC, was dismissed from his job in 1856 after openly claiming that he supported the Republican…