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Diary of Catherine Ann Devereux Edmondston, February 18th, 1861
It gets almost painful to go to Father’s we differ so widely. He it is true says nothing personal or unhandsome, but he censures so sweepingly every thing that SC does. Mama & Susan do go on so about the “Flag. Who cares for the old striped rag…
B. H. Liddell Hart, Strategy (1960)
After gaining Atlanta, Sherman took a risk greater than ever before, and for which he has been much criticized by military commentators. He was convinced that if he could march through, and ruin the rain the railway system of, Georgia-the 'granary…
Drew Gilpin Faust, The Creation of Confederate Nationalism: Ideology and Identity in the Civil War South (1988)
Curiously, historians have tended to understate the importance of slavery within southern consciousness during the war. In part, this may be because in postbellum decades many southerners themselves disavowed slavery as a major cause of the…
Gary Gallagher, The Union War (2011)
It has become a commonplace that the war changed how Americans thought of their country. During the antebellum years, most people said “the United States are . . .” After the war, however, they said “The United States is . .…
Smith Stansbury's Letter to Maj. Caleb Huse
Major Caleb Huse.
Major: I have the honor to enclose herewith copy of letter of instructions from Colonel J. Gorgas, Chief of Ordnance, dated May 19th, 1863. Also copy of letter from Lieut. Colonel I.M. St. John, Chief of the Nitre and Mining…
Chandra Manning, "The Order of Nature Would Be Reversed: Slavery and the North Carolina Gubernatorial Election of 1864" (2008)
Vance’s campaign and election matter because they highlight the role of racial fear in suppressing disaffection, in smoothing the tensions inherent in Confederate patriotism, and in keeping enlisted men committed to the war when the…
Arument on the Admission of Proof of Existence of the Ku Klux Klan of Mr. Graham
Letter from John T Bourne to Fraser, Trenholm & Co, Liverpool
Fraser, Trenholm & Co. Liverpool
Dear Sirs:--Capt Hora having succeeded after some delay in obtaining a Wilmington Pilot, the "Thistle" left here yesterday for Wilmington with about 100 Tons of Freight. He put on shore to be sent to England by the…
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North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge in presidential election, November 6, 1860
On November 6, 1860, in the presidential election, North Carolinian voters chose John C. Breckinridge (pictured), the southern Democratic nominee,…