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Showing posts with label Robert F Hoke. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Robert F Hoke. Show all posts
Sunday, September 1, 2024

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: March 10, 1865

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Raining and cold. This is the day appointed by the government for prayer, fasting, etc.; and the departments, shops, etc. are closed. The pe...
Saturday, August 31, 2024

General Robert E. Lee to John C. Breckinridge, March 9, 1865

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HEADQUARTERS,           March 9 , 1865 . General Bragg reports that he attacked the enemy yesterday four miles in front of Kinston and dr...
Friday, July 23, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: May 1, 1864

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Cloudy and showery, but warm, and fine for vegetation. My lettuce, cabbage, beans, etc. are growing finely. But the Yankee corn and lima bea...
Monday, June 21, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 21, 1864

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Bright sunshine all day, but cool. Gen. Bragg received a dispatch to day from Gen. Hoke, of Plymouth, N. C., stating that he had (yesterda...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 22, 1864

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A bright day and warmer. Cherry-trees in blossom. We bave the following war news : PLYMOUTH, N. C., April 20th. To GEN. BRAGG. I have ...
Sunday, June 20, 2021

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 28, 1864

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After a slight shower last night, a cool, clear morning The ominous silence or pause between the armies continues. Lieut.-Gen. Longstreet,...

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: April 29, 1864

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A letter from Major-Gen. Hoke, dated Plymouth, April 25th, and asking the appointment of Lieut.-Col. Dearing to a brigadiership, says his pr...
Friday, April 20, 2018

Diary of John Beauchamp Jones: September 14, 1863

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The report from Lt.-Col. Lay of the condition of affairs in North Carolina, received some days ago, was indorsed by Judge Campbell, Assista...
Wednesday, November 16, 2016

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant Lemuel A. Abbott: Wednesday, June 1, 1864

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It has been a terribly warm day. The enemy being too well posted at Totopotomy to attack, Grant concluded to move to Cold Harbor about fift...
Sunday, December 14, 2014

Lieutenant-Colonel Theodore Lyman to Elizabeth Russell Lyman, May 31, 1864

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May 31, 1864 Last night, what with writing to you and working over some maps of my own, I got to bed very late, and was up tolerably ea...
Saturday, March 8, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, March 30, 1864

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HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA, March 30, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY J. DAVIS, President Confederate States. MR. PRESIDENT: Sin...
Monday, March 3, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to Jefferson Davis, January 20, 1864

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(Confidential.)   HEADQUARTERS, 20th January, 1864. HIS EXCELLENCY JEFFERSON DAVIS, President Confederate States. MR. PRESIDENT: ...
Sunday, March 2, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to Major General George Pickett, January 20, 1864

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(Confidential.)   HEADQUARTERS, January 20, 1864. MAJ.-GEN. GEO. PICKETT, Commanding, etc., Petersburg, Va. GENERAL: From all t...
Sunday, February 16, 2014

General Robert E. Lee to Brigadier General G. W. Custis Lee, April 30, 1864

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CAMP, 30th April, 1864. MY DEAR CUSTIS: Nothing of much interest has occurred during the past week. The reports of scouts all indic...