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24 January 1863
E.W. Ayres and W.H. Wade
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 20 (January 24, 1863)]
The war along the Mississippia, Sketch of Barksdale's Mississippi Pickets watching the Yankee pontoons at Fredericksburg.
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31 January 1863
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 21 (January 31, 1863)]
Sketch of General Albert Sidney Johnston.
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7 February 1863
Southern illustrated news. [Vol. 1, no. 22 (February 7, 1863)]
Sketch of General Lloyd Tilgham.
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1 January 1918 - 29 April 1919
Osborn, Ella Jane (fl. 1918-1919)
[Diary of World War I army nurse Ella Jane Osborn] [word processed inventory available]
Ella Jane Osborn, originally from Wainscott, Long Island, New York, departed as an Army Nurse in January of 1918 and spent the majority of her assignment stationed near Toul and Nancy, in the Lorraine region of northeastern France, near the German...
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22 January 1745
Franklin, Benjamin (1706-1790)
Supplement to the Pennsylvania gazette. [No. 841 (January 22, 1745)]
Domestic news and classified ads inhabit pages 3 and 4. Section reserved for announcing the indentured servitude of residents, the return of runaway slaves, and departing ships.
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Armstrong, Halleck (fl. 1865)
to: Wife, Daughters & Son.
Marked "No 1"; seemingly first letter sent to family while on post. Reports on news about Sherman & Charleston having fallen.
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1865/02/24
to: Mary [Armstrong, his wife].
Reporting on his arrival at the headquarters of the 9th Corps.
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to: Wife.
Reports that he is now at the front, describes conditions at front & shells bursting in air around him, spreads news of capture of Wilmington.
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1865/02/27
to: Mary [Armstrong].
Describes being under enemy fire, ill health due to cold.
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1865/03/01
Describes how he felt being under fire.
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[1865]/03/02
to: [?wife?].
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1865/03/04
Reports on rumor that Sherman has been defeated, hopes it isn't true, talks about great number of dead and burial procedures, remarks on slavery as the sin of the South.
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1865/03/05
Discusses his commanders & their religiosity, his preaching & religious ministering at the camp.
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1865/03/07
Talks about systematic pilfering of the Sanitary Commission by high ranking soldiers; also reports on seeing black troops: "Today for the first time I saw whole regiments of black troops…They appear quite as well on parade as their more thoroughly...
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1865/03/08
Reports various rumors about Sheridan's maneuvers. Also reports on nearby black uprising: "Our allies, the darkies, are evidently burning out their beloved Masters…"
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1865/03/09
Describes army medic routines & ambulances, describes desolation of landscape due to war.
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1865/03/10
Reports on troop maneuvers, Sheridan's whereabouts, etc.
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[1865]/03/10 Evening
Describes wounding of his troops, & ministering to soldiers.
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Describes the death of soldiers, his inspection of their graveyards.
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1865/03/12
Reports on rumors that "Sherman, & Schoield, and Sheridan are working up, & Grant has Lee by the throat." Also describes in detail his work as a Chaplain & what it consists of.
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1865/03/13
"I keep no diary of events, so I guess I had better send my diary home in the form of letters."
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1865/03/14
to: Mary [Armstrong]
Describes battle in detail. Also: "…The good news from Sheridan was read to the boys at inspection in the form of a dispatch from Gen. Grant. It was received with loud cheers. Surely the end draws nigh…"
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1865/03/15
Describes impending battle plans .
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1865/03/16
Describes feeling of impending battle. In part: "…Everything is quiet this morning, but it may be the calm before the storm. Sheridan is here, & his wonderful cavalry are not far off…"
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1865/03/17
Describes widespread desertion by Confederate troops, intra-troop Confederate violence.
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