Civil War Archives

Feb 16, 2007
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Old Money

Source: Sallie Joyner Davis Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #133 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: This image is from a collection that contains a letter (1916) from Colonel Fred A....

Nov 17, 2006
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USS Merrimack aka CSS Virginia

Source: John L. Porter Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #850 Staff Person: Jon Dembo Description: Attached is an original pen & ink sketch of the MERRIMAC (sic), the famous Confederate...

Aug 24, 2006
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When Johnny Came Marching Home Again

Source: Timothy Hunter Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #748 Staff Person: Jean Hiebert Description: Timothy Hunter was a shipbuilder in Elizabeth City, North Carolina from 1835 until the advent of...

Jul 28, 2006
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Civil War Special Orders

Source: Thomas Sparrow Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The first image below is a Special Order from General Pierre G.T. Beauregard dated June 7th,...