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Showing posts with label Lafayette McLaws. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Lafayette McLaws. Show all posts
Thursday, May 21, 2026

Private John C. West to Miss Decca Stark, June 23, 1863

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CAMP NEAR MILLWOOD, TWENTY MILES                     WEST OF HARPER'S FERRY           , JUNE 23RD, 1863. To  Miss  Decca  Stark ,  Colum...
Saturday, May 2, 2020

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: January 9, 1864

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Cold and clear. Gen. Longstreet has preferred charges against Major-Gen. McLaws and another general of his command, and also asks to be rel...
Saturday, June 10, 2017

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, May 5, 1863

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HEADQUARTERS, GUINEY'S [STATION], VA ., May 5 , 1863 . At the close of the battle of Chancellorsville on Sunday the enemy was repo...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 6, 1863

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The excitement has subsided, as troops come pouring in, and many improvised cavalry companies go out in quest of the fox — who has vanished...
Tuesday, October 25, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Sunday, July 5, 1863

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The night was very bad — thunder and lightning, torrents of rain — the road knee-deep in mud and water, and often blocked up with waggons “...
Saturday, October 22, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, July 4, 1863

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I was awoke at daylight by Moses complaining that his valuable trunk, containing much public money, had been stolen from our tent whilst w...
Friday, October 14, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, July 3, 1863

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At 6 A.M. I rode to the field with Colonel Manning, and went over that portion of the ground which, after a fierce contest, had been won fr...
Wednesday, October 12, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Thursday, July 2, 1863

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We all got up at 3.30 A.M., and breakfasted a little before daylight. Lawley insisted on riding, notwithstanding his illness. Captain and I...
Friday, October 7, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Monday, June 29, 1863

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We are still at Chambersburg. Lee has issued a remarkably good order on non-retaliation, which is generally well received; but I have heard...
Saturday, October 1, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Saturday, June 27, 1863

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Lawley was so ill this morning that he couldn't possibly ride; I therefore mounted his horse a little before daybreak, and started in s...
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Friday, September 30, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Friday, June 26, 1863

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I got up a little before daylight, and, notwithstanding the drenching rain, I secured our horses, which, to my intense relief, were present...
Thursday, September 29, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Thursday, June 25, 1863

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We took leave of Mrs —— and her hospitable family, and started at 10 A.M. to overtake Generals Lee and Longstreet, who were supposed to be ...
Tuesday, September 15, 2015

Samuel Breck Parkman.

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SAMUEL BRECK PARKMAN, son of Samuel Breck Parkman, was born on the Sand-hills, near Augusta, Ga., the summer residence of his father, 1 Nov...
Thursday, August 6, 2015

Francis H. Wigfall to Louise Wigfall, October 24, 1862

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Camp, near Winchester, October 24, 1862 I had a very pleasant visit to Rosser's Camp where I spent the night. On my way down I met ...
Sunday, May 17, 2015

Lieutenant-General James Longstreet’s Special Orders, No. 27, December 17, 1863

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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 27. HEADQUARTERS, Near Bean's Station, December 17 , 1863 . Maj. Gen. L. McLaws is relieved from further...
Tuesday, January 14, 2014

General Robert E. Lee’s Special Orders, No. 191

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SPECIAL ORDERS, No. 191. HDQRS. ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, September 9 , 1862 . I. The citizens of Fredericktown being unwilling,...
Thursday, December 19, 2013

Major General William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, January 5, 1865

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SAVANNAH, January 5, 1865 I have written several times to you and to the children. Yesterday I got your letter of December 23, and real...