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Showing posts with label Jefferson C Davis. Show all posts
Thursday, August 29, 2024

Diary of 1st Lieutenant Daniel L. Ambrose: April 15, 1865

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This morning we are ordered from our camp at three o'clock; it soon commences to rain very hard; the old North Carolina clay roads soon ...
Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Captain Charles Wright Wills: October 21, 1864

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Gaylesville, Ala., October 21, 1864. Marched about 18 miles yesterday down a very fine valley, between Lookout Mountain and Taylor's...
Friday, April 10, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General George H. Thomas, October 20, 1864

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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Summerville, Ga., October 20 , 1864 . Major-General ...
Friday, April 3, 2020

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, January 12, 1865

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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI,                         In the Field, Savannah, January 12 , 1865 . Major-General HALLECK:...
Tuesday, April 2, 2019

Captain Charles Wright Wills: June 26, 1864

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Front of Kenesaw Mountain, June 26, 1864. Nothing worth mentioning has occurred since my last. The usual amount of artillery and muske...
Tuesday, October 9, 2018

Captain Charles Wright Wills: May 26, 1864 – 8 a.m.

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Pumpkin Vine Creek, near Dallas, Ga., May 26, 1864, 8 a. m. We did not make more than seven or eight miles yesterday, on account of s...
Thursday, February 8, 2018

Major-General William T. Sherman to Major-General Henry W. Halleck, January 12, 1865

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HDQRS. MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, In the Field, Savannah, January 12 , 1865 . Major-General HALLECK: MY DEAR FRIEND: I r...
Wednesday, July 26, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: Sunday, July 27, 1862

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Headquarters, 1st Brigade Cavalry Division, Tuscumbia, Ala., July 27, 1862 (Sunday). We received orders for our brigade to march on t...
Thursday, July 20, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: June 29, 1862

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Headquarters 1st Brig. Cav. Army of the Miss., Rienzi, Miss., June 29, 1862. What the deuce this army is trying to do, I cannot guess...
Saturday, July 15, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: June 9, 1862

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Rienzi, Tishomingo Co., Miss., June 9, 1862. Saturday morning the 5th inst. the colonel and myself started for a little pleasure ride a...
Sunday, July 9, 2017

1st Lieutenant Charles Wright Wills: May 27, 1862

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Camp on Corinth Road, Miss., May 27, 1862. Why don't you write me just a word, if no more? I'm almost uneasy. Not a line from h...
Saturday, September 10, 2016

Diary of Gideon Welles: Saturday, October 25, 1862

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General Wadsworth, 1 Mr. Fenton, and others urgently insist on some changes in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, of masters who, they claim, are act...
Thursday, March 24, 2016

Diary of 5th Sergeant Alexander G. Downing: Wednesday, May 24, 1865

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This is a very pleasant day, for which we are all thankful. We left for Washington City at 8 o'clock, and crossing the Potomac river ov...
Saturday, June 13, 2015

Army of the Cumberland: June 24-26, 1863

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3A 23 ARMY OF THE CUMBERLAND June 24-26, 1863 Moving south about 3 mi. E., the XX Federal Corps (McCook) was stopped at Liberty ...
Friday, May 10, 2013

From Missouri

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TIPTON, MO., Jan 23. The division under Gen. Davis has been much retarded by bad roads and swollen streams.   Wagons and artillery have...
Thursday, April 11, 2013

Troops Advancing On Springfield From Rolla And Sedalia

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ST. LOUIS, Jan. 29, 1862. – The mail agent by the Pacific Road represents that Col. Jeff. C. Davis’ (Federal) brigade is en route to Woodso...
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Monday, April 8, 2013

From Missouri

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ROLLA, Jan. 27. – A gentleman who left his home in Green county, a few miles from Springfield, on Wednesday arrived here yesterday.   He sa...
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Saturday, May 5, 2012

The Retreat And Pursuit Of Price

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INTERESTING DETAILS. (Special Correspondence of the Missouri Democrat.) “CROSS HOLLOWS,” ARK. Feb. 25th, 1862 I left Springf...