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ODRINANCES AND RESOLUTIONS PASSED BY THE
STATE CONVENTION.

[No. 1.]

AN ORDINANCE TO DISSOLVE THE UNION BETWEEN
THE STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA AND
THE OTHER STATES UNITED WITH HER UNDER
THE COMPACT OF GOVERNMENT ENTITLED THE
CONSTITUTION…

SHERMAN. GLORIOUS NEWS. Sherman in Fayetteville. NO ENEMY NEAR HIM. ANOTHER GRAND AND SUCCESSFUL MARCH THROUGH THE RBEL COUNTRY. IMMENSE CAPTURES OF GUNS, PRISONERS, SUPPLIES, & c. Couriers from General Sherman reached this city this…

In North Carolina, the constitution of 1776 had institutionalized the supremacy of the legislature, which exerted uncontested power over state courts and the executive by annually electing governors and appointing superior court judges.
By…

Sherman, the Raider. It is usual for those who set about the conquest of a country to act upon the miser’s rules. “Get all you can, and keep all you get.” Hence, they endeavor to secure their acquisitions as they go, and to make…

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…

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…

Special Field Orders No. 28. HDQRS. Mil. Div. of the Mississippi, In the Field, Fayetteville, N.C., March 11, 1865. I. The Right Wing, Maj. Gen. O. O. Howard commanding, will cross Cape Fear River as soon as possible and take roads leading…

HeadQuarters, Strawberry Plains, November 8, 1862 President Jefferson Davis: Dear Sir: Summer is gone; fall has come. During the latter we came near losing East Tennessee. At present we have to look out for the future. I beg leave to submit a…