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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for Feb 26-27, 1865
Sunday, February 26, 1865 J. B. Jones John Beauchamp Jones (1810-1866) was a writer who worked in the Confederate War Department in Richmond during the war. His diary was published in 1866 as “A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary at the … Continue reading
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Tagged A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, Augusta County, black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, Emma LeConte, John Beauchamp Jones, Joseph Waddell, Richmond, RonElFran, Staunton, Staunton Spectator, Virginia
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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for Feb 23-25, 1865
Thursday, February 23, 1865 Emma Leconte Emma Florence LeConte (1847-1932) lived in Columbia, SC and witnessed Sherman’s burning of the city. “Yankees – that word in my mind is a synonym for all that is mean, despicable and abhorrent.” The … Continue reading
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Tagged A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Confederate War Department, Emma LeConte, Fall of Wilmington, John Beauchamp Jones, RonElFran, William Tecumseh Sherman
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This Week In 1865: Confederate Diary posts for Feb 22, 1865
Wednesday, February 22, 1865 As J. B. Jones anticipates, Wilmington, NC fell to the Union on this day. General Sherman had taken Columbia, SC on the 17th. Though he denied ordering it to be burned, when his troops left, Columbia … Continue reading
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Tagged A Rebel War Clerk’s Diary, black Confederate soldiers, Burning of Columbia, Civil War, Confederacy, Confederate government, Confederate states, Emma LeConte, Fall of Wilmington, John Beauchamp Jones, RonElFran, William Tecumseh Sherman
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