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Front: C.S.A.
1861-1865
TO THE CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS OF CHATHAM COUNTY
OUR CONFEDERATE HEROES

Side: THIS MONUMENT IS THE GIFT OF THOSE WHO
RESERVE THE MEMORY OF THE CONFEDERATE
SOLDIER. ERECTED UNDER THE AUSPICES OF THE WINNIE
DAVIS CHAPTER…

Enclosed is a portrait of John Brown, leader of the Harpers Ferry raid.

A book on abolition by Peter Hinks

This article provides the best account of John Brown and how North Carolina reacted to the news of his raid on Harpers Ferry.

The political cartoon depicts a black politician overseeing a group of blind white women. The cartoon was intended to encouraging white supremacy by showing the dangers of black politicians. The cartoon highlights the use of white female protection…

A Declaration of Independence written by the North Carolina Senate.

This item is an editorial from the Unionist newspaper the FayettevilleObserverin which the paper reports on the 1860 national election results. The paper laments the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, but it stresses the fact that although…

In its editorial on the 1860 Presidential election theCarolina Watchman,a Unionist newspaper from Salisbury, N.C. reports on the election of Abraham Lincoln as president. Although the paper is unhappy with the election of Lincoln and defeat of their…

In this article published by the Unionist Raleigh newspaper theWeekly Standard,the paper urges its readers to head to the polls to vote against the Secession Convention on February 28, 1861. The paper states clearly their position that they were for…

The Salisbury Carolina Watchman published this article before the February 28 Secession Convention vote in which it urged its Unionist readers to get out and vote against the Convention. In the piece the editor condemned those leaning toward…