Lawrence O’B. Branch letter in which he discusses military intelligence and notes his confidence of defending his current position. January 22, 1862; New Bern, N.C.

Authors

Lawrence O' Bryan Branch Brigadier General, Confederate States Army

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Description

Branch led the forces at the subsequent Battle of New Bern. In this letter he writes "I feel a conviction that if the enemy shall come up hence, I will beat him off." Branch also mentions the comings and going of two or three officers.

Transcription

Head Quarters Dist of Pamlico

Newbern 22 January 1862

My Dear Sir

I have no intelligence of later date than that derived through Col. McMillan which is to 4 p.m. of the 19th.

The report brought here yesterday morning by Capt. Hill from Hyde is of the 16th, and Confirms my reports of that date, but does not, of course discredit the Subsequent reports.

I am momentarily expecting Col. Fryhling (?) who left here on a steamer Tuesday afternoon at 5 o’clock to reconnoitre.

I am not inclined to be boastful, but I feel a Conviction that if the enemy shall come up hence, I will beat him off. He shall not rest quietly for one moment on the dry land.

Perhaps we will never be better prepared than at present.

I am very Resptfuly

LOB Branch

22 Jany 1862

defense of Newbern

Creation Date

1-22-1862

City

New Bern

County

Craven County

State/Province

North Carolina

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1820-1862

Keywords

Lawrence O'Bryan Branch, New Bern, North Carolina, N.C., Battle of New Bern, Battle of New Berne, Pamlico, 22 January 1862, 1862, civil war, battle, preparations, intelligence

Resource Identifier

080218-11

Date Digital

4-3-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

Military History | United States History

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

en-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Branch, Lawrence O' Bryan Brigadier General, "Lawrence O’B. Branch letter in which he discusses military intelligence and notes his confidence of defending his current position. January 22, 1862; New Bern, N.C." (1862). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 220.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/220

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