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"Registration Scenes," September 28, 1867
REGISTRATION SCENES. We give on this page one of the scenes lately made familiar in the South—a registration, not an election, scene. The late slaves of the South have exhibited unusual interest in the work of registration, their first…
Amnesty Petition of W. D. Jones, September 21, 1865
Caldwell Co. NC
To Andrew Johnson President of the US
The Petition of the undersigned W. D. Jones respectfully showeth that he is a citizen of Caldwell County North Carolina forty six years old and a farmer by profession desires to apply for a…
Amnesty Petition of William MacRae, July 28, 1865
Your Excellency,
I have the honor to submit the petition covering application for pardon, and restoration to the rights of citizenship under your Amnesty Proclamation of May 29th, 1860.
Previous to the late rebellion, I was a man of no…
Tags: Class Relations, Family, National Government, Slaves
Amnesty Petition of John Newland Maffitt, June 1, 1867
Wilmington N.C.
June 1st 1867
To his Excellency
Andrew Johnson President of the United States
The petition of John N Maffitt of North Carolina for pardon under the Proclamation of your Excellency of May 1865 respectfully represents that he is…
Amnesty Petition of John Manning, Jr., June 19, 1865
Pittsboro N.C. June 7th 1865
To His Excellency Andrew Johnson
President of the U.S. of A.
The petition of John Manning Jr. of the County of Chatham and State of North Carolina. respectfully shows to your Excellency, that he was born in…
Tags: Amnesty, Loyalty, National Government, North Carolina, Secession
Salisbury National Cemetery entrance
Salisbury Monuments
Federal Monument, Salisbury National Cemetery
Tags: Cemetery, National Government, Prisoners, Prisons, Salisbury
Federal Monument, Front Panel, Salisbury National Cemetery
Salisbury trenches
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D. H. Hill, 1859-1924
Daniel Harvey (D. H.) Hill (1859-1924), the son of Confederate general D. H. Hill, was an important figure in the commemoration of the Civil War and…