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A negro proposes that President Davis should-retaliate upon Lincoln’s proclamation, by declaring all the Northern negroes slaves after the first of January next.

As well as I can remember, I began running the blockade about the last day of February, 1864. left here on str. [steamer] Emma as passenger for Nassau. When we arrived there I was employed as a pilot on her - made three trips in and out making seven…

Laurel HillRichmond Co., N.C.March 8, 1865There is little of interest today, we have moved fifteen miles through a fine country, well cultivated, and affording plenty of forage. It has rained all day, the roads would have been good but for the rain;…

This is a photograph of Major-General W. H. C. Whiting, commander of the forces at Wilmington and along the Cape Fear. His dedication to the defense of Wilmington culminated in a series of impressive fortification and a relentless letter writing…

Photograph of a reunion of Thomas' Legion

"They hung my son by the limb of a tree"

Drawing of a Civil War deserter being hanged from a tree.

This cartoon plays on the fear that Whites had towards African Americans. As pictured, free African Americans are dancing with white women, replacing the white male populace. Targeted at Southerners, many feared the abolition of slavery and its…

Dear Sister,

I suppose I would write you a few lines. I thought you would be uneasy. Sister, the Yankees have been here. They say there was seven thousand, but I don’t know how many there was but it was the most men I ever saw and some say ten…

COLOR’D MEN WANTED!
Bounty, $602.
Cashdown, 350.
Besides State, and United States pay, &c.
Recruits will be mustered into Colored Regiments.
APPLY TO
James S. Henry;
At Recruiting Office, Second & Bridge Ave.

This document is the Civil War Service Record for Charles Jones, who was a former slave in New Bern, North Carolina and went on to enlist in the 35th United States Colored Troops. The 35th USCT, which evolved from the First North Carolina…