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- Tags: Military Authority
William Tecumseh Sherman, 1820-1891
William Tecumseh Sherman (1820-1891) was a major-general in the Union Army during the Civil War. Sherman gained success in the Western Theater and oversaw the Military Division of the Mississippi after Ulysses S. Grant was promoted to the head of…
Amnesty Petition of John Newland Maffitt, June 1, 1867
Wilmington N.C.
June 1st 1867
To his Excellency
Andrew Johnson President of the United States
The petition of John N Maffitt of North Carolina for pardon under the Proclamation of your Excellency of May 1865 respectfully represents that he is…
Amnesty Petition of Richard B. Lee, June 12, 1865
Tags: Amnesty, Military Authority, Officers, Veterans
Richard B. McCaslin, "The Last Stronghold" (2003)
Recognizing the importance of Wilmington, Union blockaders sought to prevent ships from reaching the port since the summer of 1861, though to no avail. The first Federal ship, the Daylight, arrived in July 1861. This tiny vessel was soon disabled,…
Amnesty Petition of Richard C. Gatlin, June 8, 1865
Tags: Amnesty, Military Authority, Officers, Veterans
Amnesty Petition of Robert D. Johnston, September 1, 1865
Tags: Amnesty, Military Authority, Officers, Veterans
Amnesty Petition of Robert Vance, July 1865
Tags: Amnesty, Military Authority, Officers, Veterans
Rod Gragg, "Confederate Goliath" (1991)
“Fort Fisher was the strongest fort in the South,” proclaimed the New York Tribune. “Now for the first time is a really formidable earthwork carried by a direct assault, and in a military view, therefore, the storming of Fort Fisher…
Summary Report, Claim of William Britton, June 11 1872
The claimant was 18 years of age when the war ended. He does not prove his loyalty although old enough for a soldier- testifies for himself, but does not ever say his sympathies- were with the union cause- He claims under his grandfather's will, who…
Amnesty Petition of Theophelius H. Holmes, June 6, 1865
Tags: Amnesty, Military Authority, Officers, Veterans
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"Grand Democratic Rally," Raleigh News and Observer, May 13, 1898
On May 12, 1898, the Democratic Party of North Carolina held its first campaign rally in Laurinburg N.C. Following the procession of a band and…