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Showing posts with label Forts. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Forts. Show all posts
Tuesday, April 14, 2026

Diary of Horatio Nelson Taft, Wednesday, April 2, 1862

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There is a great dearth of news here now, but a great looking for of great events about this time, but few soldiers are here now compared wi...
Wednesday, October 23, 2024

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Tuesday, January 7, 1862

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Great liveliness in the rebel forts, bands playing and soldiers strengthening the fortifications. SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of Ba...
Tuesday, July 16, 2024

Julia Gardiner Tyler to Julianna MacLachlan Gardiner, May 7, 1861

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SHERWOOD FOREST, VA., May 7, 1861. MY DEAR MAMMA: Mr. Clopton goes to Richmond in the morning (by land), and it is a good opportunity to w...
Tuesday, September 5, 2023

Remarks of Jefferson Davis on the Bill to Raise Two Regiments of Riflemen delivered in the House of Representatives, March 27, 1846.

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Mr. JEFFERSON DAVIS said he did not intend to enter into a wide discussion with reference to the tariff, to Oregon, to Texas, or to the impr...
Tuesday, July 11, 2023

John Tyler to Governor John Letcher, January 31, 1861

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To the Governor of the State of Virginia: DEAR SIR, SHERWOOD FOREST, January 31, 1861. I received your communication notifying me of...
Sunday, December 18, 2022

William T. Sherman to Senator John Sherman, January 18, 1861

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ALEXANDRIA, Jan. 18, 1861. DEAR BROTHER: Before receiving yours of the 7th, I had addressed a letter to Governor Moore at Baton Rouge, of ...
Friday, December 16, 2022

William T. Sherman to George Mason Graham, January 20, 1861

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SEMINARY, January 20, 1861. MY DEAR FRIEND: Yours of yesterday was read with painful interest last night along with Mr. Sanford's two,...
Tuesday, March 23, 2021

Diary of Corporal David L. Day: March 27, 1863

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PITCHING CAMP. We have cleared off the debris from a portion of the burnt district and pitched our camp there. The colonel might take a li...