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Showing posts with label Zouaves. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Zouaves. Show all posts
Sunday, November 24, 2024

Virginia Secession Convention, June 17, 1861

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SECOND SESSION. FOURTH DAY. RICHMOND, Monday, June 17, 1861. The Convention assembled at 10 o’clock.—Prayer by the Rev. Mr. Peterkin. The ...
Thursday, March 14, 2024

Diary of Private William S. White, June 14, 1861

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Arrived at Bethel Church this morning about 9 A. M., and immediately set to work to get breakfast—such a breakfast: salt pork, black Rio cof...
Thursday, January 10, 2019

Diary of William Howard Russell: July 6, 1861

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I breakfasted with Mr. Bigelow this morning, to meet General McDowell, who commands the army of the Potomac, now so soon to move. He came i...
Saturday, April 1, 2017

Diary of Private Charles Wright Wills, April 28, 1861

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Cairo. This is the twilight of our first day here. We started from Peoria last Wednesday at 11 a. m. amid such a scene as I never saw befor...
Monday, February 27, 2017

Diary of Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes: Monday July 21, 1862

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We are target firing now. The Enfields are a little better sighted than the muskets; the muskets have most power and the longest range. Com...
Thursday, December 29, 2016

Lieutenant-Colonel Rutherford B. Hayes to Lucy Webb Hayes, June 3, 1862

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Flat Top Mountain , June 3, 1862. Dearest :   — I am made happy by your letter of the 24th and the picture of Webb. Enclosed I send Web...
Wednesday, December 21, 2016

Diary of 2nd Lieutenant George G. Smith: April 23, 1864

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On the march at six a. m. Rebels had crossed Caney river at the ford and taken possession of three high hills on the opposite bank, and pla...
Thursday, October 27, 2016

Diary of Sir Arthur James Lyon Fremantle: Tuesday, July 7, 1863

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Lawley, the Austrian, and I drove into Hagerstown this morning, and General Longstreet moved into a new position on the Williamsport road, ...
Saturday, September 17, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: June 2, 1861

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My good friend the Consul was up early to see me off; and we drove together to the steamer J. L. Cotten. The people were going to mass as w...
Thursday, May 7, 2015

Diary of Mary Brockenbrough Newton: Monday, May 26, 1862

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A cry of "Yankees," this morning, sent us to the windows; there we saw a regiment of Lancers, one of regulars, one of rifles, and...
Monday, March 24, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, May 8, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS 54TH REGIMENT O. V. INF., CAMP NO. 5 1N THE FIE1D, May 8, 1862. I notice the printers make terrible havoc with my name. ...
Wednesday, March 19, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to his sister Helen, April 14, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS 54TH REG1MENT O. V. I., CAMP SHILOH, TENNESSEE, April 14, 1862. MY DEAR SISTER: Well, my dear Helen, the great fight h...
Friday, March 7, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to his sister Helen, March 4, 1862

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HEADQUARTERS 54TH REGT. O. V. I. U. S. A., ENCAMPMENT NEAR PADUCAH, KY., March 4, 1862. MY DEAR SISTER HELEN: You must not any of...
Wednesday, February 26, 2014

Colonel Thomas Kilby Smith to Elizabeth Budd Smith, November 1, 1861

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REGIMENTAL HEADQUARTERS 54TH R. O. V. U. S. A., CAMP DENNISON, OHIO, Nov. 1, 1861. Stephen 1 is to the fore and doing well. He plays...
Tuesday, August 13, 2013

General Phelps

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A ship Island correspondent of the Gloucester Telegraph sketches Gen. Phelps’ peculiarities after the flowing fashion: “Gen. Phelps ...
Wednesday, July 14, 2010

General Phelps

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A Ship Island correspondent of the Gloucester Telegraph sketches Gen. Phelps’ peculiarities after the following fashion: “Gen. Phelps is a c...