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  1. 2011-014-002-047 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Effect of snow when troops have no tents, blankets; rumors about troop movements; details of Yankee raid in town; Yankee cavalry impressive; fighting in streets; Lt. Thompson's wake and funeral; many Southern soldiers on leave in town taken prisoner; news of friends; father sending cavalry boots to boys in camp; difficulty in getting letters to front; news of European support; English vess...

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  2. 2011-014-002-091 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Troop movements; at battle of New Bern, captured 200 men and artillery; plundered their camp & got real coffee and sugar; 32 captured were Buffalo soldiers and renegade southerners - 9 hung yesterday at Kinston and rest being court martialed and hung; since January 22nd, we marched over 200 miles and rode trains over 600 miles; missed Gettsyburg; weather like spring; news of friends; shoul...

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  3. 2011-014-002-095 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Alex in the rear with wagons, three or four miles back to avoid shelling; quiet at our front; Yankee deserters in camp; Yankee ironclads quiet since our gunboats came; was in command of Company F; cut off from all mail; Tom sent writing paper; cost of fine paper; prices rising; Petersburg casualties; news of friends; been in trenches about a month - very tiresome; picket duty every three o...

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  4. 2011-014-002-105 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Slaves: Aunt Caroline, Frank The Berry brothers brought letters and boxes from home; we're on picket duty every other night now on our own front and Hunton's front; Gen. Pickett wouldn't allow the 15th or 30th to go through Richmond as too many would go home; news of family and friends; enjoying Christmas food and gifts sent from home; hope you have secured Aunt Caroline for another yea...

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  5. 2011-014-002-107 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg. January 11, 1865 All letters arrived; Alex is near Chester with the officers' baggage; broke a front tooth eating hardtack and have written to dentist in Richmond, but hard to get a pass; no word from Mr. Owens about the $120 I paid him; men on picket duty every other day now; no pleasure in writing now with pen and ink so bad; news of family and friends; flag of truce yesterday and they...

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  6. 2011-014-002-114 - Documents

    Civil War Letters of the Knox Family of Fredericksburg Letters arrived; Alex still on other side of river as we have only two wagons and mules in very bad condition; father's visit to camp; Howlett's house fell last night and alarmed our men who thought Yankees had landed in rear of our pickets in barges; father says he got some 35 boxes off wrecked steamer; furloughs stopped now, only 1 to 100 men; news of friends and family; officers of the ...

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