Letter, [ca. 1930], Atlanta, Ga., to Louise [Sallenger].

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Letter, [ca. 1930], Atlanta, Ga., to Louise [Sallenger].

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Letter, [ca. 1930], from Louise Harllee Pearce to her young niece, Louise [Sallenger], providing details of women's contributions to the war effort and the construction of the Confederate gunboat, "The Pee Dee," at Mars Bluff during the Civil War. Formerly located in Marion Distorict, Mars Bluff is now a part of Florece County, S.C. Mrs. Pearce recalled that "we ladies knew they did not have the money to spare so a number of us offered to sell our jewelry, for gold dollars, to help pay for the building.... Some of the work on the gunboat was performed by soldiers while they were home on leave. While the soldiers worked on the boat, we gave them pic-nics on [the] deck of the boat. We sat and talked and ate our lunch there, but it was too small for dancing, so we went down to the shed....One of the workmen played the violin and another the banjo, while we danced and thought it great fun." Upon completion of the vessel, Pearce arrived late to the launching party due to torrential rains. Her letter concludes with an account of the ship's destruction at Confederate hands, and her memory of hearing the explosion, as Union troops marched near the area.

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Pee Dee (Gunboat)

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Confederate States of America. Navy

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Built in Philadelphia as the Habana, the CSS Sumter was originally used as a blockade runner in New Orleans. In 1861, she was purchased for use by the Confederate Government. Under the command of Raphael Semmes, she captured a number of Union flag merchant ships off the coasts of Cuba and South America, as well as other locations in the western hemisphere. When her boilers became unfit for use and repairs and supplies could not be obtained, she was sold at public auction at Gibraltar on December...

Pearce, Louise Harllee, 1836-1935.

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Louisa Jane ("Lou") Harllee was the daughter of Dr. Robert Harllee (1807-1872), a physician, S.C. state legislator, and plantation owner (Melrose Plantation, now in present-day Florence County, S.C. near Mars Bluff) of Marion District (S.C.). Louisa Jane Harllee, a teacher, married J.F. Pearce. From the description of Letter, [ca. 1930], Atlanta, Ga., to Louise [Sallenger]. (University of South Carolina). WorldCat record id: 52999292 ...