Late in December 1864, Col. Lamb sent Daisy and the children across the Cape Fear River to Orton Plantation for safety as the Union fleet massed off shore of Fort Fisher. On Christmas Eve, Daisy, with a pair of high-powered binoculars, watched the Federal bombardment of her husband's fort.
Afterwards she wrote, in the midst of the awful roaring and thundering that her son, Dick, approached her. "Mama," he said. "I want to pray to God and for my papa." The child knelt down and "said his little earnest prayer; and feeling the better for it exclaimed, "Oh sister, I'm so glad! I'm so glad! Now God will keep care of my papa!"
They returned to their cottage, which had fallen into enemy hands during the first attack, but had been abandoned on their withdrawal. A short three weeks later, the family was again forced to Orton. This time, their husband and father was not so lucky. He was wounded, captured and sent north as a prisoner.
A Courageous Woman. --Old B-Runner
The Battle of Fort Fisher, N.C.
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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Wednesday, March 30, 2011
Fort Fisher's Mrs. Lamb-- Part 1
From the Fort Fisher State Historical Site Gallery page.
Any Fort Fisher person is familiar with Confederate Col. William Lamb, who commanded the fort and partially designed it, but his wife, Sarah Ann "Daisy" Chaffee Lamb, spent almost as much time there as her husband, only leaving during the two attacks.
She was from Providence, Rhode Island. I'm not sure how the two met with him being a southerner.
In 1863, she left Rhode Island and journeyed to Confederate Point (had been Federal Point) to join her husband at the fort. This, of course, would have meant going through enemy lines at some point, another interesting story if it were known.
The colonel had a small cottage built near Craig's Landing, north of the fort where Daisy and the couple's two oldest children lived.
The Attacks Next. --Old B-Runner
Any Fort Fisher person is familiar with Confederate Col. William Lamb, who commanded the fort and partially designed it, but his wife, Sarah Ann "Daisy" Chaffee Lamb, spent almost as much time there as her husband, only leaving during the two attacks.
She was from Providence, Rhode Island. I'm not sure how the two met with him being a southerner.
In 1863, she left Rhode Island and journeyed to Confederate Point (had been Federal Point) to join her husband at the fort. This, of course, would have meant going through enemy lines at some point, another interesting story if it were known.
The colonel had a small cottage built near Craig's Landing, north of the fort where Daisy and the couple's two oldest children lived.
The Attacks Next. --Old B-Runner
Thursday, October 21, 2010
Meet Fort Fisher's Daisy Lamb This Weekend
From the October 7th Carolina Beach Today "Celebration at Fort Fisher: Recalling the Parties of Daisy Lamb--October 23rd."
The event will take place Saturday, October 23rd from 10 am to 5 pm.
Sarah Anne Chaffin Lamb, better known Daisy, the wife of Fort Fisher's commander Col. William Lamb, was born in Rhode Island and lived at Fort Fisher from 1863 to its fall in 1865.
The experience coming this Saturday will be primarily from a woman's stand point. Music from the era, both traditional and popular, will be performed by the Huckleberry Brothers and, you can even learn how to dance.
Fort Fisher site historian Ray Flowers will give a talk on the Lambs, and, as a special treat, attendees will get the first chance to view a temporary exhibit of Lamb artifacts that the site has recently acquired.
If you're in a cooking mode, recipes used by Daisy and Wilmington women from that era will be given away. There will also be hands-on activities for the kids.
The 32-pdr. cannon atop Sheppard's Battery will be fired.
Sounds Like a Great Time. Wish I Could Be There. --Old B-Runner
The event will take place Saturday, October 23rd from 10 am to 5 pm.
Sarah Anne Chaffin Lamb, better known Daisy, the wife of Fort Fisher's commander Col. William Lamb, was born in Rhode Island and lived at Fort Fisher from 1863 to its fall in 1865.
The experience coming this Saturday will be primarily from a woman's stand point. Music from the era, both traditional and popular, will be performed by the Huckleberry Brothers and, you can even learn how to dance.
Fort Fisher site historian Ray Flowers will give a talk on the Lambs, and, as a special treat, attendees will get the first chance to view a temporary exhibit of Lamb artifacts that the site has recently acquired.
If you're in a cooking mode, recipes used by Daisy and Wilmington women from that era will be given away. There will also be hands-on activities for the kids.
The 32-pdr. cannon atop Sheppard's Battery will be fired.
Sounds Like a Great Time. Wish I Could Be There. --Old B-Runner
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