Foster's Goldsboro Expedition

1862-1863
Manuscript Collection #816
Portions of this collection are digitized (2 items)
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0.025 Cubic Feet, 3 items
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Foster's Goldsboro Expedition (#816), East Carolina Manuscript Collection, J. Y. Joyner Library, East Carolina University, Greenville, North Carolina, USA.
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The collection consists of a letter (1/8/1863) containing a description of Brig. Gen. John G. Foster's expedition from New Bern to Kinston and Goldsboro NC and back, 11-20 December 1862, including accounts of engagements at Kinston (14 Dec.), Whitehall (16 Dec.) and Goldsboro Bridge (17 Dec.), from George [?], a soldier in Company B of the 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, to his Aunt Maria. Other items include a draft report (12/22/1862) by Colonel Charles R. Codman, 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Cadet Regiment), of engagements at Kinston and White Hall, NC, (12/14 through 12/16/1862), and items related to Colonel Codman.

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May 16, 2001 (unprocessed), 3 items, 27 pages; Description of Gen. John G. Foster's expedition from New Bern to Kinston and Goldsboro NC and back, 11-20 December 1862, including accounts of engagements at Kinston (14 Dec.), Whitehall (16 Dec.) and Goldsboro Bridge (17 Dec.), by George, a soldier in Company B of the 5th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment to his Aunt Maria, dated 8 January, 1863 (3 p.); typed transcript of the letter (12 p.); and a digital reproduction of the letter (12 p.), 27 pages. Donor: Brian & Maria Green, Inc.

July 15, 2003 (unprocessed addition 1), 10 items; Draft report (12/22/1862) by Colonel Charles R. Codman, 45th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiment (Cadet Regiment), of engagements at Kinston and White Hall, NC, (12/14 through 12/16/1862), during Brig. General John G. Foster' s expedition to Goldsboro, NC, holograph manuscript, 6 pp., printed version of Codman' s report of the battles from The March to Kinston: The Forty-Fifth Regiment, M. V. M. (n.p., undated), pp. 129-130; a portrait of Codman in his military uniform; and a statement by Corporal Charles Eustis Hubbard praising Codman' s Civil War service. Holograph manuscript. Photocopy typescript. Purchase: (Compliments of ECMC special fund.)

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Gift of Brian & Maria Green, Inc.

Purchased from ECMC special fund

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Key terms
Personal Names
Codman, Charles R. (Charles Russell), 1829-1918
Corporate Names
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 45th (1862-1863)
United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 5th (1861-1865)
Topical
Kinston, 1st Battle of, Kinston, N.C., 1862
Whitehall, Battle of, Seven Springs, N.C., 1862
Places
Goldsboro (N.C.)--History, Military--19th century
Kinston (N.C.)--History, Military--19th century
North Carolina--History--Civil War, 1861-1865
Seven Springs (N.C.)--History, Military--19th century
United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns