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Letter from Mary Woodward to Zebulon Baird Vance, September, 1863
This letter was from Mary Woodward approving the donation from the women of Cleveland County. The letter is the third in a series of corresponds to the Governor about the donation of money for families of Cleveland County soldiers. This letter is…
Letter from The Citizens of Pittsboro to Zebulon Baird Vance, March 3, 1865
The town of Pittsboro petitioned the Governor to protect them from deserters on March third, 1865. The petition claimed that one hundred deserters created 1,000 dollars in property damage. The petition was signed by twelve members of the community. …
Southern Claims Commission Chart 2 Barred and Disallowed
A chart showing all of the barred and disallowed claims for the Chowan River Basin.
Photograph of Major-General W. H. C. Whiting
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 Col. Josiah Gorgas
This is a photograph of Colonel Josiah Gorgas, the Chief of the Confederate Bureau of Ordnance. His early efforts to utilize the port of Wilmington as a gateway for a fleet of Government-owned blockade-runners did much to compound Wilmington's…
Southern Claims Commission Testimony for George Bond, Deposition of Joshua T. Stacy
Page 18 of George Bond's claim to the Southern Claims Comission, in which Joshua T. Stacy discusses Mr. Bond's unionism.
Southern Claims Commission remarks on the claim of Ellerton Newberne.
Claim of Ellerton Newberne, listing his siezed schooner, impressed into rebel service to ferry supplies. It also discusses his leaving Bertie county due to harassment.
Letter from Laura R. McDaniel and M. Joyner Kerr to Zebulon Baird Vance, March 4, 1865
March 4 1865
To his excellency out most worthy Governor
Z. B. Vance
[to] [the] [amdenesided] to [end] the following heartfelt petition. whereas [anoter] son and the place of our [eyonrm] Fayetteville is threatened by the enemy is at present…
Map of Carolinas Campaign
A map of the Carolinas Campaign with troop movements, battles and dates of capture. The map focuses on the eastern portion of North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia. The maps shows campaign movements from February to April of 1865.
Robert G. Mitchell's claim Witness Form
Page Five of Robert G. Mitchell's rejected claim to the Southern Claim's Commission. This page is the form listing the names and residences of the witnesses he can bring to prove his loyalty.
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David Blight, Race and Reunion (2001)
In his award-winning book, Race and Reunion, David Blight, a historian at Yale University, examines how Americans remembered the Civil War from the…