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just “a tithe of the patriotism”

As the main armies in the Virginia Theater retired to winter quarters, a Richmond paper’s “X” correspondent reported from the Army of Northern Virginia. The troops were pretty well fed and clothed but still lack blankets. The reporter believed this … Continue reading

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Tigers in a blanket …

Not! or at least, not all, not yet. Some more evidence that Confederate government wasn’t supplying enough blankets for its troops in the field. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 17, 1863: To the patriotic. –As numbers of the soldiers … Continue reading

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carpetcutters

As winter approached the South was short of blankets for its soldiers in the field. Here’s a way for the Confederate citizenry to help out. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch December 10, 1863: Blankets are much needed by our soldiers … Continue reading

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