Source: William S. W. Ruschenberger Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #629 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: William S. W. Ruschenberger served in the U.S. Medical Corps from 1826 until 1869. His first ship was the U.S. frigate BRANDYWINE (1826-1829), which sailed to many ports in South America. He was aboard the USS PEACOCK from 1831 [...]
Source: Richard Porson Paddison Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #327 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The first image below is that of the cover of a songbook titled United Confederate Veterans Song Book, ca. 1890-1900, which contains many songs relating to the southern states prior to, during and after the Civil War. The second image [...]
Source: Bellair Plantation Collection, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #87 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This image was taken from a 1903 New Berne (New Bern) calendar. The calendar is in our Bellair Plantation Collection. Emiline Pigott (left) was born in Harlowe Township, Carteret County, on December 15, 1836. Emiline was a spy for the Confederate [...]
Source: Guide to the Henry Corbin Papers, 1863-1864, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #161 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: Henry Corbin was a Fourth Sergeant in Company B of the 23rd Virginia Cavalry. He served with General Jubal A. Early in the Shenandoah Valley. His diary documents his activities from April 20, 1863, up until September [...]
Source: Guide to the Thomas Sparrow Papers, 1819-1872, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #1 Staff Person: Brian Johnson Description: The image below is correspondence written to Captain Thomas Sparrow of the Washington Grays by Dr. E. Warren on July 8, 1861. It is possible that Captain Sparrow never received the letter as he was imprisoned by [...]
Source: Grimes-Bryan Papers, East Carolina Manuscript Collection #16 Staff Person: Lynette Lundin Description: This letter is from the Grimes-Bryan Papers (1808-1924) collection #16.The Grimes-Bryan families were very important in eastern North Carolina. John Herritage Bryan was a lawyer in New Bern and Raleigh. He also served as a US Representative from 1825 to1829. His daughter, [...]
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. Olds of the North Carolina Historical Commission to Miss Sallie Joyner Davis in which he proposes that East Carolina develop a historical collection. In order [...]
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 ironclad ram. The sketch was made in 1862 by Naval Constructor John Luke Porter (1831-1893) who had helped convert her into the first ironclad warship. [...]
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 the Civil War. We are fortunate to have his personal papers which were donated to Joyner by his great-great-great granddaughter, Mrs. Joanne Foreman. The finding [...]
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, 1864 relieving Major Thomas Sparrow of his command of the 10th North Carolina troops and reassigning him to the command of the companies at Plymouth, [...]