]> pc_hubbard_joseph_h Finding Aid of the Joseph H. Hubbard Letter, 1863 Processed by: George Stevenson; machine-readable finding aid created by: Fran Tracy-Walls &hdrNcDncsa; 2004 Machine-readable finding aid derived from XML authoring program. Date of source: October, 2003 Description is in English September, 2004 Converted from Version 1.0 to Version 2002, and re-encoded by Ashley Yandle. Finding Aid of the Joseph H. Hubbard Letter, 1863 North Carolina State Archives &tpNcDncsa; Descriptive Summary North Carolina State Archives. Hubbard, Joseph H., 1841-1871. Joseph H. Hubbard Letter, 1863 PC.1934 Materials in English 2 letters and envelopes (CSA stamp). For current information on the location of these materials, please consult the Public Services Branch, North Carolina State Archives. Joseph Hendley Hubbard (1841-1871) was a Civil War soldier who served in two different units before his election as lieutenant in the Sampson Artillery, commanded by his uncle, Captain Abner A. Moseley. This manuscript letter, dated February 7, 1863, was written by Hubbard at Fort Caswell while serving in the 2nd Artillery. Addressed to Hubbard's stepmother, the letter informs her that his uncle (her brother, Lt. Abener A. Moseley) was to leave the fort on the following day to return to their home plantations the Sampson County slaves that had been impressed by the state to erect and repair the network of Cape Fear River fortifications below Wilmington. Administrative Information Access Restrictions

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[Identification of item], PC.1934, Joseph H. Hubbard Letter, North Carolina State Archives, Raleigh, NC, USA.

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Gift, Wendy Mechin, North Vancouver, B.C., 1999.

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Processed by George Stevenson, September, 2003

Encoded by Fran Tracy-Walls, October, 2003

 Biographical Note

Joseph Hendley Hubbard (1841-1871), a native of Middlesex, Connecticut, came south as a small child with his parents, Langdon C. and Anna Maria Hubbard, to Clinton, N.C. Following the death of Mrs. Hubbard at the beginning of 1846, Langdon Hubbard remarried to Susan Elizabeth Moseley. The children from both marriages were brought up together as a close knit family.

Young Hubbard enlisted in the 61st Regiment (Infantry), North Carolina Troops, on April 20, 1861, but on September 15, 1862, he transferred into 2nd Company A, 2nd Regiment, North Carolina Artillery, and was further transferred on December 1, 1863, into a unit commanded by his uncle, "Captain Abner A. Moseley's Company (Sampson Artillery)," where he was elected lieutenant and with whom he remained for the remainder of the war.

Collection Overview

This letter was written by Hubbard at Fort Caswell while serving in the 2nd Artillery. It is addressed to his stepmother, letting her know that his uncle Ab (her brother, Lt. Abener A. Moseley) was to leave Fort Caswell on the following day to return to their home plantations the Sampson County slaves that had been impressed by the state to erect and repair the network of Cape Fear River fortifications below Wilmington. Hubbard closes the letter by sending his love "to Pa & the children & to Aunt Nance & the other servants." The letter is dated February 7, 1863.

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Subject Terms Confederate States of America. Army. North Carolina Artillery Regiment, 2nd. Fortification--North Carolina. United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--African Americans. Geographic Terms Sampson County (N.C.) Related Collections

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