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Sparrow was a cadet at the Hillsborough Military Academy, west of Hillsborough, in 1861 and 1862, and wrote to his father from the academy about leaving it for the army. He was in camp with the Army of the Pamlico by 1863 and later practiced law and became a Presbyterian minister.
Source: East Carolina University: Thomas Sparrow Papers collection guide
1845–1922 · Dates from the Library of Congress · Library of Congress authority record ↗
6 works about George Attmore Sparrow are indexed here, as are 5 works by Sparrow. 1 held at OCPL →
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George Attmore Sparrow wrote to his father, Thomas Sparrow, on 26 May 1862 from the Hillsborough Military Academy. The cadet says he would rather be serving his county in the war but will stay at school because his father wants him to.
Writing from the Hillsborough Military Academy on 11 July 1862, cadet George Attmore Sparrow tells his father, Thomas Sparrow, that his letter arrived with one from his mother and a newspaper. He also mentions a speech by Edward Stanly, the military governor appointed for eastern North Carolina.
Letter of 7 September 1862 to Thomas Sparrow from his son George Attmore Sparrow, a cadet at the Hillsborough Military Academy. News that Confederate troops had retaken Washington, North Carolina, has left him worried about his family, and he asks to be told of anything that happens.
Civil War letter of 9 November 1862 sent by cadet George Attmore Sparrow from the Hillsborough Military Academy to his father, Thomas Sparrow. He thanks him for twenty dollars and a bag of clothes and turns to the fighting in eastern North Carolina, passing on word of 1,600 Federal troops at Scotland Neck.
On 28 November 1862 George Attmore Sparrow wrote from the Hillsborough Military Academy to his father, Thomas Sparrow, about reports of a large fleet off Wilmington and Confederates expecting an attack any day. He admits he puts little faith in the rumor.
Letters of the Sparrow family, including Thomas Sparrow and George Attmore Sparrow, gathered and published in 2011. The correspondence includes material associated with the Hillsboro' Military Academy, which opened in Hillsborough in 1859, and combines family and military history.
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