Sarah Anne Chaffee Lamb was originally from Providence, Rhode Island and traveled to Confederate Point (Federal Point) in 1863 when her husband took command of the Fort Fisher. At that time, the young couple had three children and brought her two oldest with her.
Col. Lamb had a small cottage built for them north of the fort, where the Fort Fisher Air Force Recreational Facility is today. (I wonder if the foundation remains?) A housewarming party was given by the fort's officers and female guests in May 1863. It featured a picnic, dancing and music from a local string band.
The Fort Fisher museum has a rare photo of the cottage as well as the couple's Wilmington home that stood on the northeast corner of Third and Chestnut streets (across Chestnut from the Thalian Hall).
One of her few luxuries at the cottage was a vase she mentioned no less than five times in her diary. It was given to her by the Anglo-Confederate Trading Company whose blockade-runners were protected by her husband's guns.
True Love. --Old B-Runner
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