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This short article briefly mentions the passing of the Conscription Act through the Confederate Senate, and that it was expected to pass through the House of Representatives with the provisions suggested by Jefferson Davis.

This is a list provided by the Weekly Raleigh Register that lists a considerable number of troops who had been reported as absent from their ranks. Its printing probably was intended to shame the soldiers into rejoining their companies, or to…

This article highlights the tension between Lincoln's administration and other foreign powers abroad.

Civil War re-enactors meet to make sure they present history accurately WALNUT COVE -- More than 100 Civil War re-enactors left the 21st century behind Saturday to become better at what they spend a lot of their time doing — making history…

From the London Times, Feb. 1. To the student of the art of war we commend the story of Fort Fisher for its scientific value, and to the general reader for the exceeding interest of the narrative. The fall of this place after a long and terrible…

"Whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad." From the incendiary utterance of Butler before the Populist State committee and the threat of assassination voiced by Blackburn at Newton, down to the attempt by Lt. Gov. Reynolds, to scare…

In the Senate, on the 23d ult., Mr. DOUGLAS, from the Committee on Territories, reported a substitute for the bill which was brought forward by him a short time since for the organization of Nebraska territory. The leading features of the substitutes…

I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I am a citizen of the United States and of the State of North Carolina: I am 53 years of age: I was on the first day of January, A. D. 1867, or prior to that date, entitled to vote under the Constitution and laws…

Burke Co., N.C.,
July 13th, 1865
To His Excellency

Andrew Johnson

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The Republican Party emerged in the United States following the controversial Kansas-Nebraska Act in 1854. While the Republican Party did not support radical abolitionism they did oppose the expansion of slavery westward into the territories. In the…