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Showing posts with label Gold. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Gold. Show all posts
Tuesday, September 30, 2025

Speech of Senator John C. Calhoun on His Resolutions in Reference on the War with Mexico Delivered in the United States Senate, January 4, 1848

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RESOLUTIONS. Resolved , That to conquer Mexico, and to hold it, either as a province or to incorporate it in the Union, would be inconsist...
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 5, 1865

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Bright and cool; some frost this morning. I saw an officer yesterday from Early's command. He said the enemy entered Charlottesville o...
Tuesday, June 18, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 18, 1865

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Rained last night; but this is as lovely a morning as ever dawned on earth. A gentle southern breeze, a cloudless sky, and a glorious mornin...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 21, 1865

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Another bright and glorious morning. Charleston fell on Thursday night last. A large number of heavy guns fell into the hands of the enemy...
Sunday, June 16, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 23, 1865

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Raining; the most inclement February for years. It is stated that Gen. J. E. Johnston has been replaced in command of the army in front of...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 25, 1865

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Raining. There are more rumors of the evacuation of Wilmington and even Petersburg. No doubt that stores, etc. are leaving Petersburg; but...
Sunday, March 24, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: February 2, 1865

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Bright and beautiful, and pleasantly frosty. Gen. Sherman is advancing as usual in such dubiety as to distract Gen. Hardee, who knows not wh...
Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 25, 1865

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Clear, and very cold. We lost gun-boat Drewry yesterday in an unsuccessful attempt to destroy the enemy's pontoon bridge down the river....
Monday, February 26, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 26, 1865

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Clear and cold. No further news from the iron-clad fleet that went down the river. Beef is selling at $8 per pound this morning; wood at...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 28, 1865

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Clear and very cold; can't find a thermometer in the city. The President did sign the bill creating a general-in-chief, and depriving ...

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Tuesday, September 24, 1861

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We were paid off in gold for two months service. Quiet in Camp Jackson up to [Monday, September 30.] SOURCE: Theodore Reichardt,  Diary of...
Saturday, February 3, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 11, 1865

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Clear and pleasant. Cannon heard down the river. Mr. E. A. Pollard, taken by the Federals in an attempt to run the blockade last spring, h...
Tuesday, October 31, 2023

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 2, 1865

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Cold, and indications of snow. Offered the owner of our servant $400 per annum. He wants $150 and clothing for her. Clothing would cost pe...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 6, 1865

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Cloudy and thawing. No war news, but it is known Sherman's army is not quiet, and must soon be heard from in spite of the interdict of...
Monday, October 30, 2023

Diary of Private Theodore Reichardt, Thursday, July 25, 1861

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Received the first government pay in gold. The First Regiment left Camp Sprague for home, marching by our camp. Capt. Reynolds proposed chee...
Saturday, October 14, 2023

Richard Rush to Senator Robert M. T. Hunter, April 3, 1852

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SYDENHAM NEAR PHILADELPHIA, [Pa.], April 3rd, 1852 . MY DEAR SIR: My thanks for your Report on a change in the coinage, which I have not f...