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Letter from William Sherman to Ellen Sherman, April 9, 1865
In the Field, Goldsboro, N. C,
April 9, 1865.
. . .. Tomorrow we move straight against Joe Johnston wherever he may be. Grant's magnificent victories about Petersburg, and his rapid pursuit of Lee's army makes it unnecessary for me to move…
Letter from William Sherman to Ellen Sherman, March 23, 1865
Headquarters, Military Division of the Mississippi, In the Field, Goldsboro, N.C., March 23, 1865 Dearest Ellen, I wrote you from Fayetteville. On our way there the enemy struck on left flank and I turned on him and after three days maneuvering…
Letter from William Sherman to Sutton et. al., April 4, 1865
HDQRS Mil. Division of the Mississippi,
In The Field
April 4, 1865
Goldsboro, N.C.
Messrs. Sutton and others,
Moseley Hall, N.C.
Gentlemen:
I cannot undertake to supply horses or to encourage peaceful industry in North Carolina until the…
Letter from William Sherman to Ulysses Grant, March 12, 1865
HEADQUARTERS MILITARY DIVISION OF THE MISSISSIPPI, IN THE FIELD, FAYETTVILLE, NORTH CAROLINA, Sunday, March. 12, 1885. Lieutenant-General U. S. GRANT, commanding United States Army, City Point, Virginia. DEAR GENERAL: We reached this place…
Letter from William T. Sherman to General Henry Halleck, September 4, 1864
H'd Qrts. Mil. D. of the Miss.
In the Field near Lovejoys Ga.
Sept. 4th 64.
General Halleck
Washington
The 20th Corps now occupies Atlanta & the Chattahoochee bridges. The main Army is now here, grouped below Jonesboro. The…
Letter from William Woods Holden to Honor. R.M. Pearson, July 26, 1870
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Raleigh, July 26, 1870.
To the HON. R. M. PEARSON,
Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of N. C.:
"SIR: - I have had the hour to receive, by the hands of the Marshal of the Supreme Court, a copy of your opinion in the…
Tags: Ku Klux Klan, North Carolina, W.W. Holden
Letter from Zebulon B. Vance to Edward Stanly, November 24, 1862
To E. Stanly Raleigh, Nov. 24th 1862 Having recieved and read your letter of the 7th inst, a proper sense of self-respect and of regard to the position I occupy compels me to return it herewith to its author. I have only to say Sir, by way of…
Letter from Zebulon Vance to William Graham, January 2, 1864
Raleigh, January 2, 1864.
My Dear Sir: The final plunge which I have been dreading and avoiding—that is to separate me from a large number of my political friends, is about to be made. It is now a fixed policy of Mr. Holden and others to call a…
Letter of Sterling Ruffin to Thomas Ruffin, June 9, 1804
From Sterling Ruffin. [Brunswick, June, 1804] I have no apology to offer for not complying with the promise made in my last, of writing again, in a few days, except that I wish'd to have forwarded you a small B. Note, for fear, from some unforeseen…
Tags: Race relations, Slavery/Slaves
Letter of Archibald Murphey to Thomas Ruffin, June 3, 1824
Dear Ruffin,
An unwillingness which than long felt to interfere in other People’s business has restrained me from mentioning to you a fact which my duty to you divide me to disdain long ago; Now could just say a word about it, was not your…
Tags: Slavery/Slaves
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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…