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WHEN SURRY WAS INVADED The Mount Airy News, Mar. 21, 1918 There are perhaps comparatively few of the present generation in Surry County who know that this section was at one time in the hands of an alien enemy. In view of the remote possibility of…

It is thought by some persons that a dismemberment of our government is imminent, and almost inevitable; others are more sanguine as to the result of our present difficulties, but all agree that there is some cause for apprehension. The prevailing…

THE DAILY CONSERVATIVE RALEIGH, N. C., JUNE 8, 1864 JOHN D. HYMAN, EDITOR. FOR GOVERNOR Z. B. VANCE, OF BUNCOMBE The Conservative Ticket for Wake County! FOR THE SENATE Hon. SION H. ROGERS. FOR THE HOUSE OF COMMONS WILLIAM LAWS, THOMAS J.…

Weight of Testimony According to the Progress, the mere denint - theipse dixit -- of Mr. Holden should have "as much weight with the masses of the people in North Carolina as that of Gov. Vance, Mr. Hampton, or others." So what Mr. Holden may say…

THE FIGHTING IN FLORIDA. The Savannah papers of Saturday furnish us with some additional and very interesting accounts of the progress and details of the fighting in Florida. The Republicanaccount says: THE RECENT SKIRMISH - THE ENEMY DRIVEN BACK. An…

This article was published the day Jefferson Davis signed the Conscription Acts. It explained what conscription meant to the citizens of the South and highlighted the fact that it was both unconstitutional and against the principles of the…

This article highlighted the fact that the burden of conscription laws fell most heavily on the poor, who were also the ones that needed to stay home to work the most. It ends by calling on the wealthy to help provide for the families left behind by…

This article offered news on a new regiment of volunteers. The reader was assured that this particular regiment would serve the Confederacy honorably.

This article focuses on how public sentiment in the North was not entirely with Lincoln, and that as the "unconstitutional" war dragged on, they would northerners would become less supportive of fighting the South.

This article describes the execution of two men found guilty of deserting the Confederate Army, and ends by stating that it is hoped their fate will serve the greater good of the Army in the end.