Box 1
Contains 135 Results:
"Papa James" [James Barron Hope] to his wife, [July 1861]
Scope and Contents Mentions General Johnson, "the Manassas man"; Generals Lee and Magruder; his own children Jamie and Anne.
James [Barron Hope]to Mrs. James Barron Hope, at Mr. Wilcox's, Warrenton, North Carolina, and to his mother and children, 20 July 1861
Letter concerns elegance of the life at his grandmother's place [Mrs. James Barron]; his activity in writing for the Confederate cause.
[James Barron Hope] to his wife Annie, 24 July 1861
Letter concerns attacks aimed at Richmond which were defeated at Manassas; the war in Missouri; Mr. Lincoln's troubles; confidence in the ultimate result, "the Nation born at Sumter and baptised with blood at Manassas will be hailed by the great powers of Europe as a member of the family of Empires."
James [Barron Hope],Commandant's Office, Navy Yard, Gosport, to his mother, 25 July 1861
Scope and Contents Letter discusses "God-sent overthrow" of Scott at Manassas; "another battle has taken place in our peninsula."
James [Barron Hope]to his wife Mrs. James Barron Hope, Warrenton, North Carolina, 13 August 1861
"There's a box of champagne for you at the Express Office...."
James [Barron Hope]to his wife, 21 August 1861
Letter concerns his poem in the newspaper, family matters; encloses newspaper clipping of Land as a medicine.
Louisa Whiting, Audley, Westmoreland, to James Barron Hope, Navy Yard, Portsmouth, Virginia, 29 August 1861
"...father has lost everything...am perfectly disgusted with yankees and negroes...." Endorsement: "...in spite of her feelings Aunt has married 'a yankee'...who came wounded to desolated Hampton...." J[ane] H. M[arr].
"Papa" James [James Barron Hope], Atlantic Hotel Reading Room, to his mother and his wife, 1 September 1861
Scope and Contents "The news from Hatteras is very sad"; "the capture of Uncle Sam [Comm. Samuel Barron]."
James [Barron Hope]to his mother, 7 September 1861
"...alleviate your anxiety about Uncle Sam [Comm. Samuel Barron]"; defense of his action at Hatteras.
"A Letter to Ex-President Tyler, Flag Officer Forrest and George Booker, of 'Sherwood,' In Vindication of Flag Officer Samuel Barron, C. S. N.," by Capt. [James Barron] Hope, 28 September 1861
"Papa" James to his wife, 8 October 1861
Letter discusses his return to his post after a visit to his family.
H. B. Cary, Yorktown, to His Excellency, President John Tyler, Confederate Congress, Richmond, Virginia, 23 December 1861
Upon the death of Morrison of the faculty of William and Mary, a recommendation that the place be filled by James Barron Hope, "one of the rising literary men of the state."
"Papa" James [Barron Hope],Richmond, to his wife Annie, 11 January 1862
Letter concerns the crowded condition of Richmond where he had been transferred; "no doubt that a great battle is impending."
"Papa" James [Barron Hope],Richmond, to his wife Annie, 18 January 1862
"I saw Uncle S[amuel Barron]" who has agreed to be his security [for Quartermaster post]; "the news...is in general, cheering."
"Papa" James [Barron Hope]to his wife Annie, 22 January 1862
Letter concerns his new position in the Quartermaster office.
[James Barron Hope] to Annie, 8 May 1862
Letter concerns planned abandonment of Norfolk because "to compete with the North in producing an ironclad Navy is out of the question"; Yorktown will be abandoned but "we grow stronger as we go from the coast." Description of Randolph, Secy of Army, "tall sinewy" and of Mallory, Secy of Navy, "a stupid little man."
"Papa" James [Barron Hope],Commandant's Office, Dockyard, Gosport, to his wife Annie, 8 May 1862
"Our troops are moving off so fast that there shall soon be none left there... the worst that can happen is to be taken prisoner...."
R. Forrest, Chief of Bureau, C. S. Navy Department, Richmond, to J[ames] Barron Hope,Richmond, 24 May 1862
Appointment to the position of Recorder for a Naval Court of Inquiry.
[James Barron Hope], Richmond, to Annie, 31 May 1862
"My court still continues...."; confidence in final victory; "today the city of Washington is in one universal shiverfrom Old Abe down...."; plan to cut off Washington and invade the North; Southern army set at 80 to 90,000 men, the Northern 115,000.
James Barron Hope, C. S. N., Richmond, Virginia, to his wife Annie, 10 June 1862
Letter concerns his position as Judge Advocate of Court convened to consider the burning of vessels on Lake Ponchartrain, Louisiana.
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Drury Lacey, Warrenton, [North Carolina], to John W. Norwood, [Hillsboro, North Carolina], 4 November 1862
Introducing James Barron Hope who is in Hillsboro to find a place for his family.
S[amuel] Barron,Flag Officer [C. S. N.], Richmond, to J[ames] Barron Hope,Warrenton, North Carolina, 7 November 1862
Scope and Contents Appointment as Secretary to the "Flag Officer" commanding the Naval Forces in the waters of Virginia.
S. Barron to James [Barron Hope], 10 November 1862
The Flag of S[amuel] Barronhas been hoisted above the "Patrick Henry."