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Showing posts with label Battle of Mechanicsville. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Battle of Mechanicsville. Show all posts
Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: June 26, 1862

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To-day a letter, hastily written by Gen. Lee to the Secretary of War, stated that his headquarters would be at, or beyond that point, whenc...
Friday, July 24, 2015

Charlotte Cross Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, Friday Night, June 27, 1862

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Friday night, 27th. Yesterday afternoon I took a drive with Halsey and as soon as we got on Church Hill we heard the cannon and it seem...
Wednesday, April 22, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 27, 1862 – 10 p.m.

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Ten o’clock at Night. —Another day of great excitement in our beleaguered city. From early dawn the cannon has been roaring around us. Our ...
Tuesday, April 21, 2015

Diary of Judith W. McGuire: June 27, 1862

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Yesterday was a day of intense excitement in the city and its surroundings. Early in the morning it was whispered about that some great mov...
Friday, April 4, 2014

Major-General George B. McClellan to Edwin M. Stanton, June 26, 1862 – 9 p.m.

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PORTER'S HEADQUARTERS, June 26 , 1862 -- 9 p.m. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War: The firing has nearly ceased. I have n...
Sunday, November 17, 2013

General Robert E. Lee’s General Orders No. 75

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GENERAL ORDERS No. 75. HEADQUARTERS IN THE FIELD, July 7 , 1862 . The general commanding, profoundly grateful to the only Giver o...